He said, “What’s so hard? You haven’t done one thing.” After a moment of silence, he asked, “Would you like me to give you some help?” Remembering that his offer of help had been part of our agreement and sensing a glimmer of hope, I quickly replied, “I would.” He said, ‘What would you like me to do?” I looked around. “Could you help me pick up that garbage over there?” He said he would. So I went inside and got two sacks, and he helped me pick up the garbage just as I had asked him to do.
