This story is part of the May 27 Edition of Good Weekend.See all 14 stories.
Cracking his wallet, Ross watched helplessly as a $50 note fell and fluttered beneath the fridge.
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Impulsively, he lifted its front end before realising he needed a wedge.
“Milly!” he called, summoning his eight-year-old. “Get me something brick-like to stick under here. Hurry!”
Milly soon presented him with a loaf of her mother’s homemade sourdough.
Ross, though straining with the weight, paused for a long beat before telling Milly to place it under the fridge.
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That afternoon, on a walk, he broke the $50 buying them ice-creams. He winked as she slurped. “Our little secret,” he said.
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