Curtis hates sleeping in his bed. Paige was sick the other night, so he jumped at the chance to sleep on the couch in the family room downstairs. (Who could blame him? He sleeps on the bottom bunk. I wouldn't want to be in Paige's splash zone, either.)
Now he doesn't want to go back upstairs.
Me: Curtis, you need to go back in your bed tonight.
Curtis: No.
I left it that.
Five minutes later...
Curtis: Do you know when I'm going to sleep in my bed again?
Me: When?
Curtis: Never.
Two minutes later...
Curtis: Do you know what you'd have to do to get me to sleep in my bed?
Me: What?
Curtis: Give me five dollars.
Me: [No response]
Curtis: And I want it in one dollars. Five of them. Or a dollar bill that's a five dollar bill.
Me: [Silence.]
Two minutes later...
Curtis: And I won't take coins. It's got to be dollars.
One minute later...
Curtis: And if you don't have dollars, I'll just take your wallet.
That's when I walked away.
I don't negotiate with terrorists.
I still have my five dollars.
Curtis is asleep on the couch downstairs.
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