Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1)

Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1) — page 3
She offered to teach an art class for Seagate Seniors on Monday and Wednesday mornings at ten But then her babysitter ended up staying in New Jersey for the summer and now she needs someone to watch her son She told me that’s when he naps so you’d just be sitting in her house every morning for a few hours I can’t believe this is happening This was going to be the first real summer that Micayla Bennett and I were allowed to roam free all day and do whatever we wanted In previous summers we were allowed to go off on our own but only for a few hours at a time and we needed to check in and always tell our parents where we were But this summer was going to be different We’re eleven now going into sixth grade That’s middle school for Bennett and Micayla it’ll be the last year of elementary school for me And now I have to cut into that completely free time to watch Amber Seasons’s son On the other hand babysitting is kind of cool and something real teenagers do I guess I’m older now and my mom thinks I’m more mature I’m flattered that she thinks I can handle it Please Remy my mom says She’s sitting on the wicker armchair with her head resting on her hands and she looks pretty desperate It’s not even a favor for her it’s a favor for Amber Seasons but I bet my mom already said that I’d do it My mom has this weird thing about helping people solve their problems She gets all jazzed up and has this intense burning desire to help them like she can’t stop until she makes whatever situation they’re in a little better Helping other people makes her happier than anything else