Well, I wouldn’t begrudge him that. Not that I could.

“And you’ll start school tomorrow.” I open my mouth to argue but she glares at me. I know when to pick my battles and this is definitely one, I would lose now if I were to start it now. “Even you two, Ariel and Ben will start school here from tomorrow. For now, we can unload our bags and drag them up to our rooms.” The twins don’t protest even though I know that they want to. We have all become severely attuned to Mom’s emotions after Dad died.

The packed house has five floors, the top floor being for...