Sammy had a disturbingly thoughtful look on his face that Josiah headed off via the application of handing Bobby a mixed bag of Ice Mice and Pepper Imps and instructing the boys to go back upstairs and to share.
After the boys had thundered off, he sighed and picked at the rest of his food. "Sorry about that. He's just like his father. Sam always could find just the right question to push all sorts of buttons." He winced when he realized that he'd referred to his brother in the past tense. Sam and Jess were alright. He had to believe that. He would believe that until there was evidence to the contrary.