Casey would take care of the reading log since he’d already been reading with Cooper every evening, and if there was ever any other homework, he would do that, too. He would also help Cooper lay out his clothes for the next day, and in the morning, Grandma Shirley would remind Cooper to go straight to class instead of to the cafeteria as he’d already had plenty to eat. Hopefully, this would make Cooper’s school day go better.
But, obviously, there was more that needed to be done. Casey ran a hand through his short brown hair and picked up the photograph of Cooper he had on the corner of his desk. It was taken last year, just before Tonya died, and Cooper was at the Lincoln Memorial, though the president couldn’t be seen in the picture. He was smiling broadly, and Casey realized he’d been
