Chapter 42

He knocked on the door. Everyone regained their composure. Dean stood up and said, "I'll go get it." Naomi glanced out the window. An hour passed; it was probably Charles, having returned from his shopping. She could tell the difference in Scott and Charles' knocking from the first tap. The door swung open, and Charles stepped into the room. "Hi, Mr. Goodwin." Dean grinned when he saw him. "Back so soon? Come on in." "Thanks, Mr. Goodwin." He trudged into the room with his two bags of groceries. Dean frowned when he saw the amount of stuff he bought. "Why did you buy some many things, son?" Donna turned when she heard the shuffling of the grocery bags rubbing against each other. She quickly stood up to help Charles with the bags. "What did you buy? This is a lot!" Charles smiled. "It's not much. I thought I'd buy you two some daily necessities since you'd spend the night taking care of Naomi." The truth was, he was willing to look after Naomi for the night, but he d