When Howard saw this, he put his hands behind his back and said, "Go on, what are you looking at me for?"

"Grandpa."

Asher Hawn's voice cooled, and when Howard saw something was wrong, he turned and went out, still talking eloquently.

"Today's young people don't even close the door."

Nora Smith had never been so embarrassed. She buried her face in Asher Hawn's chest and didn't know what to say.

She slowed down for a moment, then got up and said, "I'll take a ...