Halloween is coming

 "I just don't know..." Henry said aloud as he looked out of the front window of their place. It looked as is Halloween was in full throttle, already. Someone even had a  unicorn skeleton in their yard. He grimaced.

"What? What is it this time?" Josie asked. He looked back seeing that she was watching every move he made. As if she could read his aura and know the hours before he would have a seizure. Granted, he hadn't had one in way over a year, but she always looked worried and that bothered him now and again.

"It's..it's this thing with Lynsey at work," He couldn't possibly smile about it, but he thought Lyn might be seeing someone. Henry hadn't spoken to anyone about it on staff at the library. After all, she did have a baby with Casey who lived right around the corner.

"A thing?" Josie winced as if she didn't know his vocabulary. After all, she'd gotten on part-time at a quilt shop and taught morning classes in 101 quilting.

"You know..like..like an affair..perhaps." He shrugged thinking he should be doing something with the kids who were off in the playroom putting hopefully a puzzle together without having a squabble. 

"Lynsey? Our neighbor Lynsey?"

"Well, it could be nothing." Henry nodded but he tried to think of a laugh, only he couldn't. "I mean..I just thought it was this nice patron, but then I noticed him dropping her off at work..." He hated to gossip yet he'd always enjoyed it. Unfortunately.

"It's probably not what you think it is." Josie was short with him. She yelled, "Kids, go wash up!"  

Dinner would be soon. He let her get back to the kitchen while he set the table. Really, there was nothing exciting going on. They didn't even like watching the news lately. After all, he learned everything on his laptop daily. What was the point?

The little ones scurried down the hall as if it might be a race, slipping and sliding in their socks. Naturally, there was a fuss because someone wouldn't turn on the bathroom light so Henry went to take care of it and made sure each actually scrubbed their chubby fingers. 

The oldest was in Kindergarten this year but acted as if she was already in middle school. The other a year or so younger. Both were bossy. 

Henry hugged himself. He could only imagine who they took after.

Finally, he looked up and saw Josie down the hall.

"Don't talk to Casey."

Henry froze as if he was in trouble already. 

"Just let me find out what's going on." Josie was even lipped, probably much tougher than he would ever be. Henry sighed as if it were a relief. He liked when Josie took care of things.