He could see it in the slight slump of her shoulders and the sadness tingeing her smiles. Her gorgeous green eyes no longer sparkled. And she was eating even less than usual. Despite various attempts to get her alone, he hadn’t succeeded. She was deliberately avoiding him, and he couldn’t figure out why. Perhaps today he’d get answers. Reaching into the wardrobe cabinet, he slipped his gray suit off the hook and dressed with care. She was taking photographs of their family today. The gash on his cheek had healed enough so that it wouldn’t show. “See ya downstairs,” said Nathan, shaved and dressed in his dark brown suit, as he disappeared through the doorway. Five minutes later, Josh descended the steps in a hurry, only to jerk to a stop at the bottom. Kate was there in the living room gazing out the window, a vision in a creamy yellow confection of a dress that complemented her lustrous brown hair and green eyes.
