“Mr Grimes? You’re back early, is everythin’ okay? Where’s Mrs Grimes?”
With a sigh Rick shut the door behind him and slid his hand over his eyes. He should have known that a simple dinner with Lori wouldn’t fix what was already destroyed and her sudden outburst and the following rush out of the restaurant shouldn’t have been as surprising as it actually was. Rick had no problem with paying their half eaten dinner, but he definitely planned this night to go different.
Their babysitter was still in the living room and got up immediately as he entered.
“Ms Green, sorry for my early appearance.” he mumbled and walked over to the little sideboard where he kept some of his favorite bottles of brandy and bourbon to pour himself a drink. With his back against the cupboard he took the first sip to calm down and raised a brow at the young blonde. “My wife decided to stay the night at a friend. Emergency or something.” Of course it was just a guess from him but what else should he say? “Judith is asleep?” he asked and noticed how she evaded his sight and stood there like the shy girl she was, poor her. Was Rick so intimidating? “Forgive me, of course you can head home if you want. Or... do you want to share a drink?”