She knelt down beside him and brushed the sand from his clothes as she said, “I wish Howie had someone to play with. Where we live there aren’t any children his age. It’s hard for me to know just how far I should let little Howie go before I set a limit on his behavior.”
The other woman smiled understandingly and said, “My son Joey is just over there. I think he’d be happy to play with your son. Let me call him over. I’ll be right back.”
Howard gave Anita a dirty look and exclaimed angrily the moment the other woman was out of earshot, “Just why the Hell did you do that? You know that I have no intention of playing with her little boy!”
