All characters are 18+
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My wife was out of town visiting her parents. She’d taken our 14-year-old son along, concerned his older sisters and I couldn’t be trusted to see to his wellbeing, I guess. I did work a lot. And my daughters, well, they were interested in going out and making the most of their summer. At 18 and 20, there wasn’t much at home they could be bothered with.
I was supposed to be working, but bad weather was rolling in. After watching the tropical storm sweep across the Atlantic, never gaining strength, but never losing it either, I’d told my foremen to secure everything and send crew’s home. It would be at least two days before any work could resume.
It was only 2pm when I entered the house. I kicked off my boots in the mudroom and dropped my bag on the floor, something I couldn’t get away with when the wife was home.
The downstairs was empty, quiet. I wondered if the girls were even here. Their cars were in the driveway, as was another I didn’t recognize, but that wasn’t unusual. The number of bodies a girl could pack into one vehicle when they had somewhere important to be, was impressive.