He sat next to me.
« You let me worry about it, » Grandpa insisted.
« I mean it. I don’t need anything fancy. »
He just kissed the top of my head and told me to finish my homework.
Something changed after that night.
***
Grandpa started coming home after 10 p.m. I would hear the front door click, then the living room door click behind him. Then came the soft sound of the lock until he emerged well past midnight.
Something changed after that night.
***
Once, I tried to peek in.
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