Chapter FourteenMatt was enjoying a sense of relief a few days later. Late on Sunday night, he'd made a spur of the moment decision to keep the kids home from school for three days, to give everyone the opportunity to wind down and spend some time together as a family. Both the principal from Courtney's junior high and the elementary school had understood when he'd explained the situation, and agreed a few days of quality time with their father might be good for everyone. He'd taken a month off when Caroline died, but now, he wasn't certain he shouldn't have taken more. His job was relentless, time-consuming, and stressful and he could see now that he'd been bringing a lot of that home with him. It was something he would need to consider going forward, perhaps being a detective was not goi
