“Tess!” His little voice jumped to a high pitch as he ran as fast as he could and leapt into my arms. “Yes!” His head buried into my neck. “You’re here!”
“Oh, Fin!” I ate up every moment that little boy gave me. I hugged him for me, and I triple hugged him for Gus. “I missed you so much!”
He sniffed and tightened his grip around my neck. “Never leave me again!”
“I’m sorry, little guy. I won’t.” I was hit from behind, and a pair of small arms wrapped around my stomach.
“You’re back!”
“Hey, Denton,” I purred as I held onto his hands. “You okay?”
“Yeah,” he said, squeezing me a little tighter. “You bring Dad home?”
I wanted to cry, sob like a child and scream at the world that it wasn’t fair for me to be here and not him.
“He, ah…” I cleared the emotion that clogged my throat. The las
