The sturdiness of the marigolds and zinnias, a contrast to the delicacy of the pansies, was comforting to Maddie; familiar signs that all was as it should be at summer’s end with autumn closely at hand. As Maddie entered her mother’s kitchen it took a moment for her eyes to adjust from the afternoon sun to the interior dimness.“Hi, Mom. Are the boys up here? I was just down home and the place was empty.”“Jackie is. Joe and Robby went for some ice cream. They didn’t know when you’d be home.”“Why didn’t Jackie go along? God, I thought everything was going to be fine while Ollie was here. Jackie would even go down and spend evenings at Joe’s. But it’s been over a week since Lisa and Ollie went home and Jackie seems to have gone right back to the way things were.”“Jackie likes Ollie. There’s just something on that boy’s mind that won’t let him get near Joe. So, where were you so late?”“At George Brewster’s office. I had a few things to take care of concerning the expansion of the store.”“Mom.”
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