remotely, William offered Emily the office, and he moved into the basement. Emily
never asked, she only mentioned it would be nice if she had an office. William
figured her job was more important than his, so he told her to take it.
He moved his office into the half-finished basement. He had taken two lamps down
with him but they didn't help with the lighting.
William declared war with the spiders who were leaving new webs above his workspace
during the night.
The spider was taunting him.
Every morning, he would sweep away the new web.
But while he looked at the computer screen, the spider would always lower itself
into his view.
Taunting him.
With Emily back in her office and the kids ignoring him, William went to clean up
after dinner. There wouldn't have been many dishes but the children wouldn't reuse
their cups. Every time they got a drink, it would be in a different cup. William
had used the same water glass for the past week.
After loading the washer, he checked on the kids. They were both in the same
positions. Neither glanced up at him. He turned around and went back into the
kitchen.
He thought about going over to his sister's house. She had three kids. Her oldest
child, Danny, was six months older than Samuel. William hoped they would stay
friends but after they turned eight, they stopped wanting to hang out together.
He wished he had a cousin close to his age growing up. He only had David and Eric
as friends during his childhood. He had only seen Eric three times since he went
into the army. He did text with David occasionally but they hadn't seen each other