Later that evening when Matt and Tina were in their rooms, there was a knock on the Mitchell's front door. Getting up from his computer where he'd been searching for jobs and sending off applications, Sam went to answer it. He was surprised to see Gwendolyn standing at the door with an antique ceramic jug under her arm.

"Gwendolyn, what a nice surprise. Come in," he said, taking her coat and smiling for the first time that day.

"Evenin', Sam," she said. "Gerallt told me the bad ...