“What’s with all the groceries and stuff?” Rory asks when he got to the kitchen.
It was already the middle of the week and he was sure they still had food on the fridge, so it quite surprised him to see his uncle unpacking several paper bags of canned food, meat, and other stuff on the counter.
“I’ll be going away for a couple of days, so you’re going to be all on our own.” David didn’t even look at him and kept on what he was doing.
Rory frowned. It hadn’t even been a week since his uncle got back, and now he was leaving again.
“Why? Where are you going, can’t I come?” he asks.
Having issues in school right now didn’t really sit well with him. He thought that maybe going away for a while might clear his mind and freshen him up.
“No, kid, you already know the drill. You got to stay
