Chapter 10

“Not bad, but a bit bland,” Cory said, mouth half-full of baby food.

I nodded but was more concerned in getting the cap off the bottle and the teat in Grace’s mouth. Once both had been accomplished successfully, Grace began to feed happily.

Cory raised the hatchback and sat heavily but gratefully on the tailgate. I settled next to him, careful not to jolt the bottle. Just then the Lightning scored their first try, which lifted Cory’s mood. And with the addition of the two point conversion thanks to Rob, they were only a couple of points behind.

“That’s more like it.” Cory sighed.

“Have you taken your pills?”

“Oh, uh, no. Need some water.” He made to rise.

“Here, you take Grace, I’ll go look.”

“Me?” From the horrified look on his face, anyone would have thought I’d asked him to hold a ticking time bomb or something.