“It’s been nice to have a break, though. Been a long time since I was at home to help out.” The couple across from us nods, a shared look of sympathy there and gone in a flash, making way for understanding. “I get you. Nothing compares to the feeling of being gone for a long stretch and getting to come home,” Maddox says, gazing at his wife with a lovesick expression that has me saying fuck it and tugging Anna right into my lap.
