completely exhausted after a three-hour flight delay from Denver. Ethan had learned long ago that when a child finally falls asleep after crying quietly from sheer fatigue, a parent will swallow every drop of their own pride just to keep from waking them.
He wore a brown leather jacket, heavily faded at the elbows, a three-day stubble, and a scuffed
backpack stuffed with snacks, a dead tablet, a change of clothes, and the stuffed rabbit Lily hadn’t let go of since her mother died.
He had bought the roses at
