Blue high back By Wade

In the spring and summer our daily ritual when dad came home was; he would find the boys and we would go to what ever project he had thought up to do, whether it was straitening a frame on a wrecked car, building a monstrous shed in the back yard, digging Chinese elm trees out of the garden, or weeding the garden that never seemed to produce much for our efforts. As we grew older we all started to have our own activities so finding help was getting harder for dad so when you were found you were often the only one helping.
One day Cody came to me and told me when dad came home, he had been sitting in the high back blue chair, in the far corner, and had held perfectly still. Cody was not discovered when dad walked through the room. I thought that was genius and decided to try the same.
A few day's later I happened to be sitting in the blue high back chair in the dark corner of the room when dad walked in from work. I stiffened and knew this was my chance to try out Cody's trick. I sat and watched him walk through the room when dad suddenly stopped. I tried to stop breathing but only managed to slow it down .He slowly inched toward me looking out of the corner of his eye. He came so close to me his left cheek was only a few inches from my nose and his left eye concentrating on my face.
"Is someone there?" he asked
A little embarrassed but still wondering, in the back of my mind, if I kept quiet if I could get away with my charade. I relented "yes, Its Wade."
"Well, come and be my eye's!" he said.
Knowing I was caught I trailed behind him.
Dad then asked "were you trying to hide from me?"
"No", I lied. I knew if I told him the truth I would be in more trouble.
"Wanted to get out of work huh." Dad continued to walk, chuckling to himself as he went.