”He took his shoes off when he came inside,” I explain to Tim during our meeting the next day. ”Is that weird?”

Tim shrugs. ”It seems polite. What’s he doing today while you’re not home?”

It’s actually snowing out today, even though it’s supposed to go back up to 40 by the end of the week. I hadn’t considered that Isaac would be standing around outside all day in the snow at my house. ”Hm. ...