7 Seven Total Cars

CHAPTER SEVEN SEVEN TOTAL CARS WE WASHED MYRTLE'S car as she stood at the side of the driveway. She liked the way Simon and I gave Rosie a boost so she could reach the roof of the car. We were starting on the hubcaps when Myrtle called me over. "Can you help me with this?" she asked and held her cell phone out to me. "I want to call my friend Joe. He lives at the Breezy Acres retirement home too."

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"And you want to call him?" "Yes, I do! Got something important to tell him," Myrtle said. "But I don't know how to use this doggone phone. My daughter got it for me. She put Joe's number in there somewhere. It's supposed to make life easier. Hogwash! That's what I say! It's like this hearing aid thingamajig. Sounds like buzzing! Like mosquitoes! Did I tell you that?" "You did, yes." "My name's Myrtle—rhymes with turtle," she told me again. Then she got a funny look on her face. She stared at the top of my head for a few seconds. "You remind me of my cat. Her name is Frenchie. Your hair reminds me of her fur. It has a wonderful sheen to it." "Umm, thanks," I replied, because I didn't know

what else to say. Nobody had ever, you know, compared me to a cat before. I showed Myrtle how to use the home button to activate her phone. I found Joe's name on her Favorites screen and told her to touch it. "Why should I touch his name?" Myrtle asked. "That's how you call him." "But where are the numbers?" she asked. She wasn't quite getting it yet. "You need numbers to call somebody! Everybody knows that!" "The phone knows the number," I said. "Your daughter put it in there." Myrtle touched Joe's name and I motioned for her to put the phone up to her ear. "It's ringing!" she exclaimed. "By golly, it's ringing!"

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Then I went to help Simon and Rosie with the hubcaps. I knew Myrtle wanted those hubcaps shiny. We could hear her talk to her friend Joe as we worked. "Joe, it's Myrtle!" she said loudly. "Listen, I'm getting a car wash on Maple Avenue. Where the old soybean farm was. They cleaned the roof even though they can't reach it. You should have seen it! Bring your car over! It's filthy. Tell everybody at Breezy Acres!"