Chapter 10“Are you sure you’re well enough to work today?” Donna asked her son when Theo came into their office at the travel agency Wednesday morning. “You look like death warmed over.”
“I’m fine, Mom, honest.”
He was, as much as possible, considering what he’d seen on the TV news as he and Ric got ready to leave Ric’s house.
They were going to take a cab to Theo’s apartment building, at which point Ric would get his car from where he’d left it, before going to hospital to check on Ethan and then on to work.
“What’s wrong?” Ric had asked, coming into the living room.
“That.” Theo had pointed to the TV, and the reporter who was in the midst of telling the audience about a police-involved shooting the previous evening. “Now everyone’s going to know.”
“Know what?” Ric had said when the
