CHAPTER 6
A
lexander rose and began collecting the plates and silverware. Rob stood quickly and took up the pans so as not to be waited on again. As they walked toward the kitchen with the items from the table Alexander asked, “Would you like to go for a walk? I walk every morning to clear my head.”
“That sounds good,” Rob agreed.
They left the dishes in one of the large basin sinks and crossed back through the massive, echoing hall, through the entry and exited out onto the wraparound porch. The air pushed coolly against them, despite the sun being out and the sky wholly bereft of clouds. A few work trucks with State Corps markings rolled by as they stepped down onto the path. Alexander led around the side of the building and past the parking area where the gravel of the walkway ran o
