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before she rolled her eyes. “You were, and always have been, very kind to us,” Alexis said, lying through her teeth.
    Jack smiled politely.
    “Nonetheless, as I have suspected, but my husband still insisted,” she said. “And I have an extra tip for you today as well...darlings. Money is always a good way to be nice.”
    “Oh no, Mrs. Va...” 
    Alexis started to protest, but the old hag placed a wad of cash on her hands. Jack noticed that most of them were hundreds. Alexis smiled and walked out the door. Jack could feel the steam of anger rising off her back.
    “What a selfish, horrible, crazy...” Alexis said when she was out of ear shot.
    “She's a bitch,” Jack said.
    “Well, it's a strong word, but it probably works the best,” Alexis said, closing the gate to the small city garden. “What does she think she can do? Buy me off? I don't want to accept this money.”
    “Take her money and do something good with it,” Jack said. “How much is it, anyway?”
    Alexis sat down on a bench and counted through the numerous bills. “Two thousand dollars,” she said in a squeaky little voice. “And she just threw it at me like it was pocket change.” Jack could hear the anger rising in her voice as the tone lowered. “Why do people like her get all the money?”
    Jack smiled. Mrs. Van Dedema wouldn't have nearly as much as soon as he got a hold of her.
    “Let's take it and really blow it,” Jack said, grabbing the stack of bills out of her hands. “When was the last time anyone did something really nice for those kids down at that shelter you are always going on about?” 
    Jack knew the shelter well. He and his sister had spent lots of their childhood there. 
    “What are you talking about, pasty boy?” Alexis said looking up at him.
    “I bet that nobody had  just walked in there and given them something nice,” Jack said. 
    He remembered getting fed and getting crappy hand me downs, but what he really wanted was one of those fancy Lunchables that the rich kids ate on the playgrounds and a can of real Coca-Cola. 
    “You know, something beyond a basic necessity. Something that's good for the soul.”
    “Like what?” Alexis said, getting some of Jack's excitement.
    “A movie,” Jack blurted out. “Let's take them to the movies! Let them get popcorn and coke and candy...”
    “Jack, you are nuts,” Alexis said. “What about all the stuff that they need?”
    “Forget that,” Jack said. “What those kids need is a few good memories. A missed meal and some nights at a shelter can be forgotten in the long run with a few good memories. Everyone wants to give the poor orphans they're crappy food and hand me downs, but no one ever wants to do something with them!”
    “Jack,” Alexis said, taking his hands into hers. “I think that you are probably the most incredible man that I have ever met.”
    Jack's heart hammered inside his chest. He hadn't said those things in order for Alexis to like them, but it was certainly nice that she had noticed. Jack leaned in slowly, imagining kissing her lips slowly. 
    “David doesn't know what he's missing,” Alexis sighed.
     And then Jack remembered that he was supposed to be gay. He cringed and backed up. He awkwardly ran his fingers through his hair. “Yeah, well, I’m not interested in dating now.”

 

3.

    Jack and Alexis planned to take all of the resident children at the family shelter to see the latest summer blockbuster movie for kids. The movie, which was a thrilling story about talking animals of some sort, came out in three weeks, but all the kids were excited to see it. 
    “Everyone set?” Jack asked, handing out the last bag of popcorn to a redheaded little boy with his front teeth missing. The boy also had his own cup of soda and box of Sour Patch Kids and another box of M&M's. Each of the children was allowed to pick out anything that they wanted. In the end, Jack and Alexis had taken 22 kids to the movies. Lola had decided to