Chapter Thirty-Two
They stood together, one on each side of her, arms occasionally brushing as they shared the binoculars. Theodore paced behind them, muttering and scribbling, sometimes asking for a turn with the binoculars. Chelsea rang mid morning and her parents rang at lunchtime while Shawn was off buying take away food. Theodore was the first to leave early in the afternoon, making Shawn promise to return the binoculars and not to leave until the end of the workday.
When the workers left the site at the end of the day, Sydney almost ran to the car. She replied to Chelsea’s last text as she slid into the front seat of Shawn’s car, also speaking the words she had sent out loud. “I never want to go through another day like that.”
Shawn started the car. “I’ll come by in the morning an
