He later met Mr. Reynolds's wife and even had a tour of their big old house, which used to be a church manse. Imagine the old place was over 140 years old. Sheldon also learned to play chess with Mr. Reynolds and had gone over numerous times to help pile wood and mow the grass. It soon became his second home.

"I don't believe in paying someone to help me for an hour or two with chores," Larry had said. "Instead, I'll be glad to take you hiking or even go fishing. That is if your mom allows it."

Then the ‘outings’ with Larry began. Fishing, camping and canoeing. Now their weekend ‘outings’ would have to be put on hold. Larry might be upset if he couldn't take Sheldon out on weekends anymore? Sheldon was already upset.

Mom had showed her son the new visitation agreement she signed with his dad. Ex-dad, that is. And that meant he now had first dibs on Sheldon each Saturday.

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