Homework For This Week Was To Eavesdrop

We are sitting in the airport waiting for our flight to board when I remember that I have homework. Homework that I could be doing right now, instead of knitting a few more rows on the orange hat or finding out who stashed the body in my latest page turner.

I look around to see if anyone is talking so I can eavesdrop.

No such luck.

Earbuds, earbuds and sleeping.

Oh but wait.

There are two women sitting behind me. I can�t see their faces, but I can hear their voices perfectly. I tune in.

�Did you talk to Lisa recently?�

�No, not really.� Accent. Could be Russian.

�Was it a couple hundred did ya think?�

�It was 700.� Yes. Definitely Russian.

�She�s so good at her job. It�s just her personal life. At least she�s not with Zack anymore. I hear his name come up around the office. Are those dried bananas?�

�Plantains.�

�Oh plantains.�

�Plantains?�

 �Awesome. Sure.�

Truth is, I�m more interested in Lisa�s sordid affair with Zack than I am in the plantains. 

 Flight is boarding though, so that�s all we get for now. 

Homework complete.