My Mother Announced That All 13 Relatives Were Coming to Stay at Our Beach House for Two Weeks, Even After My Wife Said Our Daughter Was Sick.

shortly after lunch. Emily was upstairs reading to Lily. I met him outside before he reached the front steps.

He wore sunglasses even though the sky was overcast.

“Let’s talk like men,” he said.

“We can talk right here.”

He looked toward the security camera. “Turn that off.”

“No.”

His mouth tightened. “You’ve become paranoid.”

“I’ve become careful.”

He removed continue reading …