Hank twisted the door handle but failed to open the door. Liberty had locked the door.

He knocked.

“Liberty, open up.”

Liberty came to open the door, but she blocked the doorway to keep him from entering the room. She asked, “What?”

“I have something I want to discuss with you. Let me in.”

This was originally the couple’s master bedroom, but now it was occupied by Liberty.

Hank was a little displeased, but in order to coax and persuade Liberty to help with the school run for his sister’s c