Chapter 14
Maggie Valley, NC
23 December 2010
George Martin
THE NEXT MORNING, I overslept for some reason, and when I finally made it into the kitchen, I found Mike, Ian, and Randy at the table sipping coffee. I walked over to the table, said, “Good morning, all,” and I bent down to give Mike a kiss.
“Where’s Robbie?” I said. “His bed is empty.”
“It snowed a lot last night,” he said, “and he’s outside making a snowman.”
“By himself?”
“Of course not, babe,” Mike said. “His two new best friends are with him.”
“I guess that explains why Thor is sitting by the front door.”
“Yep,” he said.
Mike poured me a cup of coffee, and I sat down and said,. “You guys sleep okay?”
“Are you kidding?” Ian said. “After a number of sleepless nights spent worrying about the boys, we slept like the p
