Chapter 41

• Ed froze in fear but Shirley just walked over to her daughter and gave her a hug. "Good morning sweetie! What are you doing up so early on a Sunday?"
• "Somebody decided to mow the lawn at an inhumanly early hour," she growled at Ed's back. She noticed his ears were red. "Did you sunburn your ears?" she said in exasperation.
• "What? No!" he said and grabbed the furniture polish and a rag. He left the kitchen and Grace saw his whole face was red. He was embarrassed about something? Grace tried to recall what she'd overheard as she approached the kitchen but she hadn't really been paying attention.