Since the moment I hired her, she had ingrained herself more and more into our everyday lives. It felt effortless. I started looking forward to her smiles, the tiny adjustments to my calendar, notes she’d leave on the counter about Penny’s day. I craved even the smallest moments where our shoulders would brush or I was close enough to see the golden light dance in her hazel eyes. I had never wanted anyone as bone deep as I wanted Lark. And it was a real problem.
