We did have to put up with one of the canning company people, who for a couple of weeks spent all day in the corn fields, tearing ears of corn open to...make sure the corn was picked at the exact right time.Dad's unusual hobby was airplanes. Most people would possibly be content to own an airplane, but not dad, he liked to have work airplanes and play airplanes. We had a biplane that was used for crop dusting. It had a powerful engine that would let you make a fast pass over a long field and pull. Her heart raced when her phone chirped, as if she were about to be caught and scolded. She checked her notifications and bit her lip when she was the Fantasia app on her notifications. Opening the app, she saw a message from her partner telling her to move to the back of the car.She hesitated a moment before glancing back, where she saw a man in a hoodie. His head was down, presumably focused on his phone, so she couldn't see his face. She took a final, anxious glance at the men around her. He looked up when he heard the heavy wagon lumbering up the gravel road along the river bluff.He stood and waved his arm back toward the house when he saw Sundy hanging clothes on the line.Sundy screamed and yelled as she ran to the backdoor of the house, calling the others.Family members ran from the boardinghouse like it was afire, as the news of their return was the best they’d had in a week.Juni saw Duncan waving from the wagon as he stood next to Eli. She fell to her knees crying. Lettie. She said, "Alex saw me and Jason at church the Saturday before Christmas and he broke up with me today. He called me a Skank and said he didn't want anything else to do with me."Mrs. Fowler looked at Alice a moment then said, "Alice what do you mean he saw you at church Saturday before Christmas? I don't remember having church that day. What were you doing there?" Oh grandma. Jason and I were in his car behind the building talking and..." Alice Fowler what were you doing going out with Jason.