CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Franklin waved, as the husband curled an arm around his wife and crushed her into his chest. They stood supporting each other while their two kids ran down the driveway after him, calling out, ‘Bye!’
The kids were boys Ethan’s age and a touch younger. Sheltered from his chat with their parents this morning, he suspected they had no idea what had happened to their family friends.
He still felt like a parenting novice with seventeen-odd years under his belt, so who was he to question the right or wrong way to handle this with kids of that age? But parents couldn’t buffer what was said in the classroom or in the playground, so he hoped they’d break the news to their sons sooner than later.
His thoughts strayed to Kat. He knew he was letting her down. And Georgie. He jus
