Chapter 5

“So, are you and Dennis living together now?” Glancing around the room, I didn’t see any evidence that he had moved in. Everything looked the same as it always had. I knew Dennis owned his own home somewhere on the North Shore, but I’d never been there. I really didn’t know much about my new stepfather. He and my mother met through an online dating site for “mature” singles. I knew he was widowed and retired, but had no idea what he did for a living. I seemed to recall my mother telling me he had children, but I’d never met any of them. I didn’t even know if they lived in the area. I’d been too wrapped up in my own life to get mixed up in my mother’s or her boyfriend’s.

“No, we’re not living together…yet. Dennis still has his house in Wilmette. For now, we just go back and forth between his house and mine. We haven’t decided what we’re going to do in the future.”