When he pulled into his neighborhood he turned into Mishka's driveway. He glanced at the dash clock and saw it was 5:30PM so he was a little late. He went to the door and rang the bell.

The door opened quickly and Heather's face showed her relief. "I thought you'd changed your mind," she said.

She stood back and Ed entered, taking his boots off. When he turned to face Heather she pulled him into a hug. He froze for just a second then wrapped his arms around the woman and hugged her too.

"Thank you Ed. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate this."

"Where's Mishka?"...