Thomas was alone again.
“Are you picking up the kids on your way home from work?”
He couldn’t say why this question made no sense but there was an impetus to solve this problem before the two minutes of his projected morning coffee-time
Little Amber and Slevin were whizzing about – “dad look at me I got my scooter working again”, “dad I need to bring this diorama to school can I put it in your car already?”
“Yes, I should be out of there by 3 if there’s no afternoon fire to put out.”
Unearthing Treasures 