![]() ![]() The doc said your cholesterol’s coming down already, and you’ve only been off potato chips for a month.” Now you’re just kissing up.” She hugged him. ![]() He shoved his fingers through his hair, which only succeeded in making it stand up on end. ![]() And we need you around here for a long time to come yet.” “Dad, I know it’s hard,” she said softly, “but you’ve been so strong. She handed him a cup of coffee and a plate of scrambled egg whites and wheat toast before going back to wielding the duct tape to create the damn camel. She went straight to the coffeemaker and got that going. Since he said the same thing every morning, Kate moved into the kitchen. “Stock’s down again,” he said, and sighed. He looked like Harry Potter at age fifty. His khakis were worn and frayed at the edges. Eddie Evans was rumpled, his glasses perched on top of his head. Her dad was in the midst of the chaos, sitting on the couch squinting at his laptop. Abandoned shoes were scattered on the floor sweatshirts and books and various sporting equipment lay on furniture. Evidence of the second-grade boy and the high school–junior girl living here was all over the place. ![]()
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