Later that night after they were home and the boys in bed, Tyler called his father.
“Hello?” Tyler’s mother said.
“Hi, Mom. How are you?”
“Just fine, dear, and you? The boys?”
“We’re good. I called to ask Pop something. Is he still up?”
“He is. I’ll get him for you. See you tomorrow when you drop the boys off. Love you. Bye.”
“Bye, Mom. Love you, too. And thanks for taking care of Eddie and Jack for me again this summer.”
“Not at all. I love seeing them every day.”
Tyler could hear her calling to his father.
“Hi, son,” came his dad’s voice over the phone. “Mother says you’ve got something to ask me.”
“I do. Ward Cartwright’s home.”
“I heard that. Eldon was in last week. Said his boy was back from the army.”
“He is. He’s looking for a job and I told him I’d see if you were okay
