The Dignity of Knowing

The house was lit when she pulled into the driveway.

All the downstairs lights on, which meant Nolan was awake and waiting, and Fiona sat in the car for a moment with her hands still on the wheel, looking at the warm windows and understanding that this conversation had been building since the moment Hazel picked up the phone.

She had known Hazel would call him.

She got out of the car.

Nolan was in