Roy drove two excited girls home, only half listening to their chatter while he concentrated on the road in front of him and went over the day’s events in his mind. Kathleen had been tense when she arrived late that morning, like she wished to be somewhere else. Did he make her as uncomfortable as she made him?
“Grandpa, can we get a hamburger for lunch?” Jade pointed at the fast-food restaurant on the road ahead of them. “Dad takes us there sometimes.”
“Not a bad idea,” he said, signalling to move the car into the right lane and then merging into the drive-through lane. “Let’s get our meals to go and take them home.”
Sitting around the kitchen table a half hour later, he was glad they had gone for fast food. Fatigue was overtaking him, and he didn’t have the energy to cook.
“When will
