David Patterson
Number Five. Always mid-story.
David and his wife Helen live at number five with their kids, who leave for school every weekday at 7:42. They throw a Christmas party every year with the same mulled wine they've served since 2019, and they consider themselves the social heart of the street. David is usually in the middle of a story about his brother-in-law's boat. He hasn't spoken to Jim Baxter since a property line dispute in 2021.
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David found Quinn's loss "terribly moving." He hosts the committee's Christmas dinner on the night Tom has Quinn over. By spring he has had his knee done and watches from his driveway on crutches as movers carry out Tom's desk.