Entering the kitchen Roger donned his apron and then got to work on preparing the vegetables. Once everything was ready he placed the vegetables and the meat in the oven.
While dinner was cooking he crossed over to the fridge and got a can of beer out for his wife. He then took it to her.
"Thanks honey." Linda said taking the beer from his wife without looking away from the TV.
Roger sat down on the arm rest and Linda wrapped her arm around his waist.
"We need to have a talk with Zoe." Roger said.
"Why?" Linda asked. "What's she done now?"
"Well I was tidying up her room the other day and when I looked inside one of her drawers I found a packet of cigarettes."
Linda put down her beer and turned off the TV.
"What!?" She asked turning to look at her husband.
Roger nodded as he started to sniff.
"And this afternoon when she came home from school I asked her about it and she, and she..." Roger started to cry.
"Oh honey." Linda said sympathetically and she pulled him in to a hug.
"She yelled at me saying that I was snooping around in her room and then she said she hated me." Roger at this point burst in to tears.
Linda pulled him close allowing him to rest his head on her shoulders as she did her best to comfort him.
"Where is she now?" Linda asked.
"I..I don't, know." Roger said between sobs. "After she said she hated me, she stormed out of the house. I haven't seen her since."
Linda nodded and just patted Roger on the back as he cried in to her shoulders.
"Well when she gets home whenever that will be. I'll have a talk with her."
"You will?" Roger asked pulling away from his wife looking at her."
"I will." Linda said firmly.
Roger gave her a weak smile as he got up and then quickly headed upstairs to clean up again.
