Chapter 111

Nate

It had been two weeks, and for two weeks I had done nothing but immerse myself completely in the work, trying at all costs to finish it as soon as possible. When I was not working I complained about the distance and spent my time on the phone with my wonderful wife and son. Axel spent at least an hour talking to me on a video call, telling me everything he did in the day in his language.

I could have spent hours listening to him talk even though I didn’t understand anything and he would have been quietly talking for hours, I watched him with Maya’s cell phone in my hand, sitting on his bed, talking, talking, talking. He reminded me so much of Maya when she was little, she could talk for hours without ever getting tired and I remember that many times Jess when she invited Maya to a sleepover, fell asleep while she was talking until late at night. I remember walking past my sister’s room and finding her talking, sitting on