Chapter 29
Full Circle
“Soph?” Edgar heard her key in the front door and ran to the top of the stairs, his eyes searching her face with eager anticipation. “How did it go?”
She shook her head and slid her eyes away, circumnavigating him and walking along the hallway to her bedroom.
“Did you have a good time?” He followed, undeterred by the slamming of the door in his face. When he tried the handle, he found it locked.
Sophia waited until he gave up before using the bathroom down the hall. She ran hot water over her exhausted body and washed her long hair. Feeling clean and snuggly in her pyjamas she crept to the family room and mounted the stairs to Edgar’s bedroom. Voices resonated in the tiny hallway outside and without shame, Sophia pressed her ear to the door.
“I worked this morn
