The Parting Blow

Irene and Fiona came through the front door without taking off their coats.

Judd Senior was in the living room with the television on low, a glass of something amber beside him. Judd Junior was at the kitchen table on his laptop, the screen full of spreadsheets that had stopped making sense to him hours ago. Hazel was upstairs, six months pregnant and tired in the way that made her go to bed earl