In a Small Motel

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The couple from Ohio wanted two rollaway beds for their two tired, whining kids, and so Ginny Mallory had hurried to her storeroom and wheeled one down the walk to the end unit of Belle View Courts. The man made no move to help her wrestle the bed over the low sill of the door. He stood, a dead cigar clamped in his teeth, watching her struggle with it.

Ginny hurried back to the storeroom and got the other one and just as she came to the door of the end unit, another car pulled up by the office and began honking. The tourist woman was fussing with one of the children.

The rollaway wedged itself stubbornly in the door. As she pried at it, the man said, “Set the other one up over there, girl.”

For a moment she thought she would howl like a kicked dog. She stood quite still for a moment, then pulled again. The bed came free and she shoved it into the room.

“I’d appreciate it if you and your wife would unfold this one and put it where you want it. I’ve got another customer out there.”

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