As I previously shared in “Love Is Love”, Piper has had a girlfriend for many years. She happens to be a Dirt Devil hand vacuum. I recently knocked her off the table and she popped open upon impact with the floor, revealing the filter and the canister that would normally collect what had been swept up. I was able to put her back together, returning her to her position next to Piper’s mansion.
A few days later, she fell to the ground again. This time the result was a crime scene. I could not save her. Rut roh.
I remembered that I had kept the last vacuum that had stopped working just for this purpose. The only thing I was not sure of was whether or not it was in the form of the old model or the new, in which case Piper would notice. And most likely reject her.
My husband went to the attic, looking for the bin marked “GIRLFRIENDS,” as I had instructed him. “I thought that bin had things in it that your friends have given you,” he said. I busied myself as I heard him climb the attic steps, holding my breath when I recognized the sound of him coming back down. In his hand was the older style, exactly like the one who had just met her demise. I exhaled. I would not have to go on eBay to look for an old model Dirt Devil hand vacuum, prepared to add “does not have to work” in the search bar.
I cleaned up the new gal then placed her in her spot on the table next to the mansion. I didn’t expect Piper to be suspicious but you never know. He didn’t miss a beat, sitting near her. All was right in Piper’s world and you know what that means. All was right in my world, too.
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