A Babysitter Snoops And Finds Something Unexpected [FICTOID]

“Ohmigawd, Becky!  You will not believe what I just found!

“I’m babysitting at the Cumbersons and I went to the kitchen to get a piece of tiramisu -- you know, that really rich kind they sell at Gelson’s -- anyway, I was getting some tiramisu and under the cotton panties --

“No, Becky, listen!  The cotton panties weren’t in the refrigerator -- okay-okay, I wasn’t actually in the kitchen, I was in their bedroom --

“Well, snooping, of course!  What else are you supposed to do when you’re baby sitting?  Duh!

“Listen, do you want to hear this story or not?

“Okay, I was in their bedroom and I was going through their drawers -- no, not their underwear -- well, yes, their underwear but I meant their chest of drawers -- Becky!  Will you stop asking questions and let me tell the story, okay?

“Okay, I was looking through their underwear drawer -- you know, for such a fine dresser Mrs. Cumberson sure wears cheap underwear -- you know, that really cheap old granny cotton stuff you find at Wal-Mart -- guess that’s how they afford the tiramisu -- anyway, under her undies I find this old newspaper clipping with parts blacked out and a freedom of information document asking if there was ever a female cardinal who made a prediction on the world series and the document said no but the newspaper article, Becky, the newspaper article where it wasn’t blacked out was about a couple that won a million dollars based on a hunch from an old Bible prophecy --

“What?  Check the other side of the clipping?

“Her sister’s wedding announcement.  Several names are underlined -- oh, I see.  The ink leaked through and blotted out parts of the story on the other side.

“Yeah, the freedom of information request was written years later.  I guess she got curious about the story on the other side of her sister’s announcement.

“The tiramisu?  Borderline.”

© Buzz Dixon