The smell of home hit me first and l sighed. I wonder what waiting for us here because we can never have a day's rest.
I gripped her hand and l carried keith in my arms while she entered pulling our suitcases inside our quiet house. We had been away for ten long days, ten days where the only things that mattered were sand, the ocean, and Lila’s laugh. I felt the tension that usually lived in my shoulders finally gone. I was just Griffin, not the protector, not the fighter.
most of our I became a father in the last 10 days. I got to know my son what he likes what he doesn't like and it may have been just 10 days but I spent quality time with my family which is something that I value more than anything.
I wish I could give her the life that I know she wishes for and it kills me that I can
