The door downstairs swung open and Brian knew that his dad was home for the day. Brian used to be able to tell that his dad was home before his car got there, either from his loud truck engine or the ‘dog alarm’ his dog erupted into whenever his dad arrived. Both of those were gone now. The dog ran through his days and the truck was replaced with a shiny new one, that somehow even with a larger engine, managed to be infinitely quieter. Now Brian couldn’t tell that his dad was home most days until that door downstairs swung open.  Read