Eager

"Okay," Jon said, wanting to please her any way he could. He picked up his sister and hauled her upstairs to his mother's bedroom (she weighed a lot more than she looked). As he placed her onto the bed, his mother approached him. "Jon...can I come out soon?" "I'll ask," he said, heading back downstairs. "My mother wants to know if she can come out soon...' "What is her name?" The woman asked. "Linda..." She let him rest against her side. "I will go see Linda soon enough. We're eating our breakfast, aren't we?"