When Rory woke, he was fairly confident he hadn’t had a nightmare. In fact, he hadn’t had one since the big one of the other night. He wasn’t foolish enough to believe they’d gone away or he’d grown out of them or…
Rory threw back the covers and rolled out of bed. Barry had asked him, as it was his birthday today, if he wanted breakfast served in bed.
Rory had laughed and politely said no. Then Jake had asked if Rory wanted to take the day off. Again Rory declined. He was much better off working. It gave him less time to dwell on his thoughts.
Bracing himself when he and the other hands entered the dining room, Rory was relieved to see everything was normal, no birthday banners or streamers or party balloons. Okay, so he did get a hug from Barry then Jake and finally Jimmy.
“We’ll give
