Karen caught Kenneth's gaze from across the room.

"Let me have a word with my brother."

"Alright."

After hanging up the call, before Karen could even speak, Kenneth beat her to it.

"Is Dorothy not up for hanging out?"

"She does, but it's a bit complicated right now! Everett's at her place."

Kenneth furrowed his brows instantly.

"Why is he bothering Dorothy again? Didn't they already break up?"

"According to Dorothy, the kids asked him to come over! And then Everett got sick, and just when Kevin was tied up and couldn't pick him up, so Dorothy couldn't make it."

"...Everett is sick?"

out of the blue because he's got some terminal illness? And he wanted to spare Dorothy the trouble, so he

just like a plot from

before, how could he just decide to leave Dorothy because of his mother's

be understandable. But that had been dragging on for years, Everett should have

to drop the charges, it

way, Dorothy went to the hospital,

didn't tell

some serious illness, Dorothy would have known, especially after visiting

not push her then. If she's not free today, I

want Dorothy to have any bad impressions

he could help, great; if not, he didn't want to add to

ending the call, Dorothy

genuinely didn't

out of dislike or fear, but rather sooner and longer distanced herself, the faster I

on

occasionally echoed from their room, creating

that

free up and take Everett away, not wanting him at

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