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Caroline had been on the run since early morning, she took her kids to school, picked up supplies for the restaurant, then drove home, cleaned the bathrooms, vacuumed the floors, and emptied the dishwasher. She checked off the last item on her list and headed out to meet five of her employees for their weekly deep clean of the kitchen.
As 7:00 p.m. that evening rolled around, her feet throbbed with pain from the horrible shoes she’d worn. Cute, but wrong for comfort and support. After a quick sit down on a stool beside the sink along the back wall, she wiggled her toes to relieve her agony and thought of Harry and Penny. With a quick dial of her father’s cell, she rubbed at the sore spots and waited for him to answer, “Hey, Dad, how are the kiddos?”
“All is great over here and they’r
