Dewey was disappointed about the game and didn’t say much. That was all right with Bundy. He was too busy thinking about how Mary had acted after the game — and about how he had acted that day. Like a jerk was the conclusion he came to. Operation Baby-Sitter had been a stupid idea. Ignoring Mary hadn’t hurt anyone but himself. And Mary, he suddenly realized, had just been following his lead. Coach Bradley told me to lead the team by example, Bundy mused. Guess the same thing goes for life off the field, too — and for setting both good and bad examples. And what about Mary? She could have really made him squirm at the soccer field or when he’d broken the window. But she hadn’t. I wonder why she didn’t, Bundy asked himself. Because she was showing me a good example — how not to act like a jerk, he answered his own question. Boy, I really blew it.
What do You think about Operation Baby-Sitter (2009)?
