The knock came sharp, hurried, insistent—like whoever was behind the door would break it down if Noah didn’t answer fast enough.
He startled in the kitchen, his hands submerged in warm soapy water, the scent of simmering stew drifting from the stove. He had spent the entire day scrubbing, cleaning, cooking—anything that kept his hands moving, anything that distracted his mind from replaying the last 3 days. Every scrape of a plate, every chop of a knife was an attempt to silence the storm o