Chapter 28

“If you’d asked…”

“I know, but you have other things to do. Walking a few feet won’t kill me,” Joe replied. Book in hand, he settled on the sofa. The last thing he wanted to do was fall asleep again. He hoped reading would keep that from happening.

By late morning, Joe began to feel better. The pills, he supposed. Marking his place, he closed the book and went into the kitchen to fix lunch. He knew Derek was upstairs and called up, asking him what he wanted on his sandwich.

“Ham and cheese, and why are you making them?” Derek called back.

“Because I’m bored and I feel better?”

Apparently Derek accepted that because he didn’t argue. He came down a few minutes later, lugging the vacuum, which he put in the closet. Joe grinned when Sherwat finally put in an appearance, deeming it safe to do so now that his nemesis was safely out of the way.