“Where are the kids?” he asked. “At Brianne’s,” she said. “They’re fine. I talked to them.” “What did they see?” “Their mother being removed from the pool in handcuffs,” she answered bluntly. “It upset them a lot. It upset me, too. I’ll talk it through with them. They’ll be fine.” “Will they?” he asked, his anger rising. “Just like that? They’ll be fine?” “I saw my brother stabbed in front of my eyes,” Andrea said. “Look how well I turned out.” “I fell off my bike when I was six and I got really bad scrapes on both my knees,” said Kenny. “Shut up!” Jeff and Andrea shouted at the same time.

