"Are you serious?" Ray's voiced rose several notches and he pushed all the way up, looking down at Asher incredulously. "That's more than four years."

Asher was practically a ticking time bomb. His Grandpop had been a worrier, right up until he developed dementia. At this rate, Asher was going to make Ray sick as well as himself.

"You're used to me." Ray thought he was actually pretty low maintenance but whatever. "All the stuff with Del and the kids though, that keeps building and building. I see it. You should get checked out again."