Chapter 55 - Mark/Katie

Mark

With my thoughts stuck on Casper and his sad face, I march into my family’s company and through the lobby. I nod at everyone, but I don’t give the staff my usual greetings.

Whispers and murmurs float into the air, but they don’t register to me. My mind is still on my wife and sad child, wondering how I can fix everything.

As I step into the elevator, my father steps in with me. “Something wrong, son? I thought you would be bouncing off the walls with happiness, but you have on a long face today.”

I look beside me at him and sigh. “Casper is sad for some reason, and he won’t tell us why. Also, Katie doesn’t seem to want to slow down now that she is pregnant. She came home really late the other night from staying at the ER for a big accident. She now has a really bad case of morning sickness. I had to leave her home with medicine. She wasn’t happy with me when I called Evan and told him about it. He told her to not come into work. He would find someone else to cover t