Deep in the Darkness
“Christine was in the kitchen brewing a pot of decaf. She forced a weak smile in my direction while digging out two mugs from the cabinet.
"Looks like our daughter inherited a bit of her father's anxiety," she said curtly, as if the entire scene tonight was all my doing. Christine, being serious again. Great.
I ignored the cutting remark. "I take it you got the gist of our conversation." "Yeah...I heard most of it. You know," she said, sounding suddenly congenial, "I did hear Page growli...ng in the middle of the night last night." "Really?" I smiled, half amused, half unnerved.
"Yes, really. It woke me up and I thought it odd that Page would rile up like that in the middle of the night. I heard Jess moving the sheets around a bit and thought about getting up to check in on her but I fell right back asleep." "Well, apparently she's all spooked out because she thinks there's ghosts in her room. When I asked her where she got such a silly idea from she said she learned it from the Scooby Doo show.MoreLess
"Looks like our daughter inherited a bit of her father's anxiety," she said curtly, as if the entire scene tonight was all my doing. Christine, being serious again. Great.
I ignored the cutting remark. "I take it you got the gist of our conversation." "Yeah...I heard most of it. You know," she said, sounding suddenly congenial, "I did hear Page growli...ng in the middle of the night last night." "Really?" I smiled, half amused, half unnerved.
"Yes, really. It woke me up and I thought it odd that Page would rile up like that in the middle of the night. I heard Jess moving the sheets around a bit and thought about getting up to check in on her but I fell right back asleep." "Well, apparently she's all spooked out because she thinks there's ghosts in her room. When I asked her where she got such a silly idea from she said she learned it from the Scooby Doo show.MoreLess
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