As her excitement grew, she jumped to her feet and gave him a bear hug before she continued.

“I can't thank you enough! ” she said.

“However,” he said in a solemn tone, “there is one condition.”

“What?”

“I can have as much fun with them as I want anytime I want! ” he murmured softly into her ear.

“Why, yes! Of course!”she explained to him.

Michael felt as if he were floating on air.

Since he only had a few classes to teach throughout the course of the summer, he had a lot of spare time to spend at home. Clare and Christine made sure that he never went...