Richard

Despite everything, everything that’s happened, everything that might happen…

… Despite the feeling of waiting…

…. What’s Klempner doing?

?

Who knows?

Hickman?

I suppose he’d tell us if he thought there was a problem…

… life feels almost normal. I could work at the office, but with Elizabeth due any time now, I prefer to work here.

“Ross, could you deliver these back to Francis, please. I’ve emailed the scanned documents, but she needs my original signatures on some of them.”

“Yes, sir.” He takes the files. “Is there anything for Mr Alexanders?”

“James? I’m not sure. Let’s go ask him.”

in the kitchen, sir.” Ross shifts from one foot to the other. “I didn’t like to disturb

Really?

much doubt of it. A trail of banging and cuss-words leads us right to him. And as Ross and I come down the hall from one direction, Michael is approaching from the other. He jerks his

“No idea.”

some doughy mass on the counter-top, sending a small cloud of flour billowing. To one side,

the dough, turns it, presses in with the heel of both hands, then lifts and slaps

raises brows at me and I

life in my hands, “James, I was looking for

speaks through clenched teeth. “What can I do for you,

wants to know if there’s anything you need delivering

emailed everything that’s needed to the parties concerned.” Lifting the dough once more, he

excellent bread, Mr Alexanders. Always a good choice when you want to work off some…

cracks a smile. “You’re right. My apologies. Ross. I was sounding off

File in

follows him, returning a minute

into a round, he raises eyes

“Why? What’s she doing?”

to her mother too, which is

“What triggered it?”

a gallon of her lunch back over Charlotte’s brand-new outfit… It was unfortunate, but her reaction was off the scale. I’m not letting her get

jerks up. “You’re going to punish

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