Dr. Dad (2000)
“Dad CHAPTER SIXTHE LAST LIGHT had faded from the sky by the time Susannah reached her block. She didn’t mind. The neighborhood had sidewalks, and the falling darkness camouflaged her more effectively than her eyeglasses and her braided hair.Her caution was silly, really. More neighbors than just the Coles must have figured out who she was by now. Perhaps some, like Toby, didn’t watch a lot of TV, so they wouldn’t recognize her. Others might just be discreet, allowing her her privacy. She should...n’t keep making midnight runs to the all-night grocery store as if she were a vampire, lethally allergic to sunlight. And she shouldn’t put off taking her power walks.That evening, when the lack of exercise had finally gotten to her, she’d waited until the drizzle had dried up and then ventured out. One car on Guilford Lane had slowed to a crawl as it passed her, but that could have been for a dozen reasons having nothing to do with her famous face. The teenage boys shooting hoops in a driveway hadn’t interrupted their scrimmage to look at her, and if people glimpsed her through their windows, they refrained from chasing her down the street waving pads and pens under her nose and demanding autographs.Maybe in Arlington she’d found the perfect place to settle—a city where few people knew who she was and even fewer cared.She’d left her porch light on, and that, along with the illuminated windows, gave her house a warm, welcoming glow.MoreLess
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