“Be sure to take care of him, Maria,” she told me. “And promise me you’ll be a good girl and listen to him while I’m gone.”
“I promise,” I said in that girlish tone. “I’ll do whatever he asks me to do.”
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Maria’s home alone with the man of the house for the week! Her orders are simple and clear: be a good girl and listen to whatever he says! No questions asked!