After the game, she met some of the girls in the dressing room. It was near suppertime. They decided to go get pizza and cokes.

But just then Mrs. Wailer, the principal's secretary, came in.

"Sue, you have a call in the office."

Sue walked with her through the halls of the school to the administration office.

"Yes, hello," she said. "Hello, Sue Powers?" "Uh-huh."

"This is Dave Madison. I saw your ad in the shopper for babysitting. I know it's late, but my wife and I were just invited out."

"Yes?"

"Could you come over and sit with our little boy?"

"Gee, I'd like to, but "We'll pay you double. I know it's Friday night and all."

"Ah… well… double?"

"Yes, it's a business-entertainment meeting. I have to go, and I really want my wife to be acre. A man just flew in to town that I have to entertain."

"Where do you live, sir?"

"In the Riverfront Estates."

"Would you pay my cab fare?"

"Sure." "What time?"

"Well, right away. Okay?"

"Sure, okay. I'll be there, give me the address.

Sue wrote it down on a pad, then dialed for a cab. She went back to the girls and informed them she had to baby-sit and couldn't go with them.

"Gee, it's Friday night, Sue," Gloria Tucker said.

"I know, but…"

"You must need the money, huh?" "They're gonna pay me double." Sue fixed her ponytail and her bangs and went out in front of the school to wait for the taxi. Sue had never been to the expensive, plush Riverfront Estates where the Madisons lived. The cab pulled in on a paved drive that curved up in front of a huge two-story mansion with white pillars, columnar and antebellum. The fare was twenty-one dollars. "Just wait," Sue told the cabbie. She walked up to the door and rang the bell.