Chapter 44: LYON

I watched the two of them leave and sighed long and hard before taking my seat again. My wife came waltzing in seconds later. I was about to send her ass packing because I needed a break but the look on her face had me jumping out of my chair. "Kat what the fuck? Who fucked with you?" I knew it couldn't be one of our kids because they know better.

She shook her head and walked into my arms, putting arms around me. Now my wife has a lot of moods, she can be a pain in the ass, which is my mood of choice. If she's griping at me about some shit then I know she's okay. When the kids piss her off she goes into a cleaning frenzy.

But this, this one I've never seen. "Kat?" I caressed her hair and hugged her closer with the other arm. "Baby, what happened?"

"I just got off the phone with Mrs. Henderson."

"Who?"

"Todd's mother."

"Yeah?"

"I told her that Todd had to stay here tonight since he came a week earlier than expected and the cleaners haven't been round to