“All right, but that’s small things. They’re not going to take a lot of your time.”
“For sure. Then I get to rattle around the house, wondering what to do to keep busy when he’s not here.”
“Why?” Lizabeth and Granpa K asked at the same time. Granpa K smiled at her. “I do believe you’re thinking the same thing I am. You just beat me to it.”
“Would you mind letting me in on it?” Kieran asked sourly.
Granpa K gestured to Lizabeth. “Go ahead.”
“Go with him on his trips, silly man,” she said as if it was the most obvious solution in the world.
“But…”
“But what?” Thom asked from behind him. “She came with me on a trip, a long one, and we survived. In fact, I dare say it strengthened our relationship.” He came around to lean on the porch railing.
“It’s not quite the same,” Kieran pointed
