Michael Walked Out of His Office the Day Four-Year-Old Noah Called About a Broken Arm

“I stayed hidden till I heard the truck.”

Derek stepped over the threshold and knelt on the hall rug.

He reached out to comfort Noah.

The front door swung all the way open against the inside wall.

Travis came out of the kitchen.

His hands were buried in his coat pockets.

His heavy boots thudded loudly on the floor.

“Get out of my house,” Travis said.