Before they knew it, two weeks had passed, and Charity was standing on the gravel driveway engulfed in a bear hug from her grand father as Chloe and James loaded their bags into the car and Lucian stood by the drivers door, polishing an invisible speck from the glass.
Pulling away tearfully, Charity gazed up at Marcus, trying to etch his face into her memory.
'Don't look at me like that baby girl' muttered Marcus as he brushed her tears from her face with his thumbs.
'Like what' asked Charity as her bottom lipped trembled,
'Like you will never see me again' replied Marcus smiling sadly 'I will visit you as often as I can, you and Aaron are always welcome here, this is not goodbye I promise'
Charity hugged him again, holding him as tightly as she could, sobbing at having to leave the o
