Chapter 40When I arrive home after work, I see Patricia has a huge pan of green tomato pickle cooking on the stove. The familiar sweet and sour, sugar and vinegar smell greets me at the door, and when I enter the kitchen, I see that Ollee has been given a marrow bone to gnaw on. The little dog wags his tail happily at me as he works away at the marrow with his tongue, while holding the bone between his front paws. Patricia is working on her painting for the Mayor but she stops when I go to get washed and changed out of my uniform. When I re-enter the kitchen, she serves our evening meal.
All the frustrations of the day disappear when I'm seated at the table eating her delicious food and listening to her excited chatter about what she's been doing today. I wish that neither of us had to wo
