”Jan steeled herself and went back into the dining room. Jake ran up the stairs two at a time. He felt despair from Leanne as he approached her room... She was sitting on the side of her bed, crying. Jake tried the doorknob but the door was locked.Please open the door, love.Go away, Jake.Not going to happen. I know you feel bad, but this is important. This threatens the very viability of our family. I won’t allow it to fester, and I won’t let an opportunity like this pass either.What do you mean. I wasn’t going to hire you, but I did. You are a great accountant and a great assistant. I’ve been watching you for some time now. You are so shy. You never speak to anyone… you seem so alone.” I felt desperation in myself when he said that. He knew it was alone. He knew I had no one. I drove home every night only to find an empty house. A quiet, sad empty house. Mr. Bell walked behind me, “It’s sad that you have no dad on Father’s day. Two years in a row with no father. It must be awful. Oh, well, win a few, lose a few. That's what war was all about.The next morning about 1000 hours, a pair of Sherman tanks showed up. It turned out that they were here to support us, and we were very happy to see them. The extra cannon and machine guns would be welcome at any time, but we were beginning to feel like we were way out on the sharp end of the spear! We all wanted to locate on the same side of the road so that we would not accidentally shoot each other. Being wounded by Friendly Fire. "Even more of a day off than usual?"Asshole. As if raising a child were easy. It wasn't the time to have that argument again; he was almost out the door. So I just answered with a lazy hum that suggested I had no idea.But I did. As soon as he went downstairs, before he had even gone into the garage, I turned over onto my back. Keeping my eyes closed, I drew a long, deep inhalation of breath, and picked out the sounds I wanted to hear from among the birds that still hadn't left for the winter,.
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