Chapter 45: TODD

"I don't want to go to sleep. It feels like I haven't even got a chance to enjoy the fact that you're home. It's been a very long day." We were sitting on the couch in the living room, our old hangout spot. She had her head on my shoulder and I held her hand in mine.

Knowing what I know now, I have no doubt that there are ears and eyes all over the place but I was hoping that her dad was cool enough not to spy on us. I wouldn't say that I was in the clear, but after the talk we had earlier I sense definite progress.

I didn't share any of what we talked about with her, and she'd been so preoccupied with her own revelations that she didn't ask. I spoke too soon because no sooner had I had the thought than she turned up her face and asked.

"'What were you and daddy talking about so long in his office? Did he say anything about us getting back just in the nick of time?"

"No, we were just talking about stuff, nothing serious."

"With uncle Hank in the room and the