Chapter 10
Heidi wasn’t home from the library yet as Karen was setting out dinner. Rob was already sitting at the table as Patrick helped put out the plates, tapping his foot, waiting for the door to open; his face getting darker with each passing moment that his daughter didn’t return.
“She probably has a test,” Karen said. “We should eat.” All the food was on the table and the kitchen smelled heavenly.
“We can wait for her. It’s a meeting night. She knows she has to be home.” He wasn’t yelling, didn’t even snap, but there was a note of finality in his voice.
Karen’s lips thinned in a frown but she didn’t argue. She’d heard it too and kept whatever else she might have been thinking to herself.
So, they waited another ten minutes. The whole time Patrick was thinking about the Brants,
