“Hey, big brother. Where’re Emily and Candy?” Neil asked as he met Brad in the kitchen, pouring a coffee.
“Emily took Candy out to see the horses, said they’ll be back before breakfast.” Brad gestured to the mugs. “We’re supposed to listen for the kids, too, since they’re still asleep.”
Neil glanced toward the back door and the empty table where Emily would generally have laid out breakfast by now. When he had climbed into the shower, wanting Candy to join him, she’d still been in bed and said no, and when he came back to the room, dressed, she had already made the bed and left.
“Everything all right?” Brad asked, giving Neil a shrewd and questioning look.
“Yeah. I think I’ll go see where the girls are,” Neil said. He slipped his leather coat on and opened the back door. One of the kid
