Chad

… I Chad knew something was up as soon as he walked in. Nora was home already. Her hours were from eleven to five, six days a week. The way it usually worked, he got home from school at four and had dinner on when she came in around six. She was sitting on the fire escape, where he went to smoke, and she had some paperwork in her hands. He looked at the refrigerator and …

The substitute teacher comes home to find Nora considering an offer.