Helen walked back in the apartment she lived with Stanley. Stanley was still standing in the same spot he had been where she had left him.
"That guy hasn't come back yet, Helen," Stanley said in the same suspicious voice.
"Stanley, I just talked with Chrissie. She says the man we've been watching happens to be Jack. He's moving in with them. He doesn't have a place to live," Helen said.
"You've got to be kidding me, Helen," Stanley said, giving his wife his full attention but not leaving the window.
"That's what Chrissie said, Stanley," Helen told her husband.
Both husband and wife sat down to lunch.
Chrissie kept the apartment door open for Jack so he could come in with his things. That's when he came in. Stanley took his lunch plate and went back to his spot at the window.
"That's rude to watch people like that, Stanley," Helen told him.
"I know but I want to keep my eye on Jack," Stanley said to her, taking a big bite of squash.
"We didn't mean to scare you," Helen said.
"I didn't know you were coming," Chrissie said.
"Somebody around here didn't mention to me that I was getting a new tenant," Stanley said to Chrissie.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Roper. I had a feeling you would get suspicious about Jack," Chrissie said.
"You should tell me right away and ask me first. I'm the landlord of this building, not you. You're the tenant," Stanley told Chrissie in a strict voice.
"You're not my father, Mr. Roper. Who says he can't live with me and Janet?" Chrissie shot back.
"I do. I don't like a male living with two females. That's never happened in this apartment the entire time I've been landlord," Stanley added.
"He's my friend. I can tell him he can live with me and my cousin if I want to, Mr. Roper. If you don't let him live with us, then I'm moving out," Chrissie said.
Stanley didn't say anything so he kept quiet and headed back to his apartment. Helen followed Stanley.
"Stanley, did you hear what Chrissie just said?" Helen asked.
"I did," he said.
"We can't loose her. She and Janet are our best tenants," Helen said.
"I know that. There's nothing I can do about it," Stanley said.
