Aggie said. “Let’s go sit and ponder.” She sat in Harold’s lounge chair and let Ugly curl up on the afghan in her lap. She looked out the window at the darkening sky. “Maybe things are starting to change,” she said. “I mean, three rooms in one day!” She looked down at Ugly. “Maybe now I can fix things up,” she said. “You know, the leaks in the roof and the clogged drains and all.” Ugly twitched one ear and purred up at her. “Shoot, maybe I could even put water in that ole swimming pool again,” she said. “Everyone always loved that pool. Remember, Ugly?” Aggie closed her eyes and pictured the little swimming pool filled with sparkling blue water. Kids did cannonballs off the diving board, splashing their mothers sunning in the lounge chairs. Thinking about the swimming pool reminded Aggie of the time the insurance man had come to the motel and made her and Harold put up that sign. NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK Aggie chuckled, thinking about how irritated Harold had gotten, telling that insurance man he was making a mountain out of a molehill.
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