286/365 Deposit

"Did we pass?" I ask the secretary as I return the key. "I mean, we tried to get things clean, and we weren't using the kitchen or anything, so."

"Usually if people don't pass," Miguel interjects, "I hear about it from the coffee and donut people. I didn't hear anything yesterday."

"Good. Oh, and, if we do pass, the deposit goes to me, not the school--I covered it when we signed up."

She notes it in the book. I scoop up my shoeless child and head back out into sunny October.