There was Colin; covered by debris from a collapsed plaster ceiling that was soaked with water. Bill remembered Kate lived upstairs. He pulled the plaster chunks off Colin and ascertained that he was still breathing.
He then took Babs into the bathroom and gave her a bath. They made coffee in the kitchen and eventually Colin woke to the smell.
Colin and Bill said nothing to each other, but both of them knew that Kate and Edna had planned this together. If Babs had snuck up on the couch to curl up against her daddy, the plaster chunks that barely left a lump on Colin’s hard head might have killed her. Bill knew at that moment what d**k had tried to tell him the night before. His heart was breaking in two. He wouldn’t be sharing time with Colin and Babs any longer.
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Bill, 1959
Bi
