Chapter 13

The news of their mother being dead had…made sense, sadly. It had crossed Del’s mind that she was on a downward spiral when he’d seen her in town a few times. It seemed that Justin was trying to take over.

Del wasn’t sure how he felt about the way Justin had tensed visibly when Del had mentioned Clyde. He couldn’t tell if it was a homophobic thing or just a surprise, and decided there was no reason to dwell on it.

They drove back home in silence, Del thinking hard all the while. Justin was clearly in over his head. The kids were having issues. There was no actual warmth between Justin and the little ones, and with what Del could remember hearing, Justin hadn’t been around for a while. It had to be a horrible situation.