Natalie 9

THIRD-PERSON POV

Terri and Rick get ready for bed in silence. Each thinking about Ryan and Natalie. Terri brushes her hair, washes her face, and pulls on her favorite silk nightie.

Rick washes the remaining gel out of his hair and pulls on a pair of old basketball shorts. He rubs his neck with both hands, trying to ease the knots.

"Rick, honey, come sit in front of me. I will do that," Terri says while patting the bed in front of herself.

Rick loves his wife's massages. No matter what, they always seem to ease the tension in his neck and shoulders.

"Today was a tough day for Natalie," Terri states.

"Do you think she will regret Ryan kissing her," Rick asks his wife? 

When it comes to emotions and understanding, Terri is the master. She pulled him from a deep depression after his parents' death. And when he felt like the world was crumbling in on them when the girls needed so many surgeries as newborns, it was his wife that