Chapter 268

“I see you’re not asking me, so I won’t bother protesting this assignment. I know that some of the makeup people we use in our movies are in town, so I’ll have them alter my appearance so the girls won’t even realize it’s me. That should keep the pandemonium down,” chuckled Steve. “I’ll just sleep on the bus on the trip up and back and stay in the background the rest of the time. If one of the kids needs help wiping their nose, I’ll have one of the other chaperones handle it.”

“Good idea,” agreed Chatham. “I do appreciate you doing this for me. I’ll tell Grace after she gets back that you were one of the chaperones and she never realized it. I’ll tease her about that for the next twenty years. You need to be aware that Vice President Larson’s granddaughter will be on the bus, along with Representative Daniels daughter. I know he isn’t your favorite character, but his daughter is a good kid. By now you must have guessed it’s an exclusive private school.”

“You think?” laug