They were at their usual corner table in Heavenly Brews, sharing a coffee (his) and a hot chocolate (hers), and engaging in the kind of chitchat that made it appear as if everything was fine. But no amount of pontificating about the rising humidity or the rapid speed with which Esther’s stomach was growing could erase the simple fact that Jakob was preoccupied. Claire sensed it the second he got out of his car to exchange a pleasant nod with his niece and her husband. Sure, the brief interaction had been positive, but still, beneath the smile and the elation that always came with a chance to see Esther and Eli, there had been an aura of heaviness. Several times during the relatively brief drive back to Lighted Way, she’d thrown out a few seemingly innocuous questions in the hope of getting a feel for his state of mind, but he’d sidestepped every single one with a comment about a particular farm they passed or one of his own questions about her time with Esther and Eli.
What do You think about A Churn For The Worse (2016)?
