Every little bit helps when you’re paying rent month to month.”

I took the coupon and slipped it behind my order pad.

“Thank you, Judy,” I said.

“How’s Kim doing with her furnace?”

“Oh, that poor girl,” Judy said, shaking her head with a soft sigh.

“The blower motor quit completely Tuesday night.

Ron had to drive over there with two hundred dollars cash just so the repairman would turn the heat back on for her boys.”

“And Jeff?” I asked.