I sighed heavily as I walked into my apartment after work. I had to move a lot of heavy inventory today so my muscles were sore and I was feeling really tired. Worse was that Kim had avoided me all day and when I was at the club meeting I didn't get to talk to her in private. I decided not to tell Brooke yet since I thought any mention of Kim might upset her.<br/><br/>I locked the door behind me and looked around at the kitchen. The light was on and there was cleaned dishes in the strainer along with a note on the stove. It read: "Eric Brooke was sleeping when I got home so I put a blanket on her and made dinner. It's a beef stew in the blue container in the fridge. Make sure she eats! Love Mom." I could help but smile as I looked over the note and checked in the fridge. There looked to be enough stew for me and Brooke to have three bowls each. I closed the door and looked into the living room where there was a clear lump under a blanket on the couch.<br/><br/>The light was off in the living room so the only light came from the overhead above the stove and the tv. Brooke had been watching the Disney channel again since some kids show was playing on low volume. I went over to Brooke and smiled down at her sleeping face. I guessed her pills were a lot stronger then I thought but she had to eat and take her next dose soon. So I lightly shook her shoulder, "Hey, Brooke you need to get up now."