Chapter 14
Rose and Mick were enjoying a peaceful breakfast, something they hadn’t done for quite some time. They talked about small things, like odd jobs that needed tending to around the house, the need to have the family car tuned up, anything to make life seem normal. Then they talked about the elephant in the room.
“I wonder if I still have a job,” Rose said as she ran her fingers through her hair, “and if I do, how should I handle what happened.”
“Are you kidding me, they would be lost without you.”
“I’d like to think that, but we are all replaceable, Mick.”
Getting up and walking around behind her chair, he kissed her on the top of the head. “Not you, sweetheart, not in my world.”
“Thanks, Mick. That gives me courage to face whatever comes. I think I will just march in as
