By the time we were in the car with tacos on the way home, Sawyer looked ready to drop off any minute, so Santiago drove, and I sat in the back to tickle my son awake as needed. Then we ate, did a sponge bath with wipes, and headed to bed. I spent a few minutes snuggling my little boy and realizing just how much I’d missed him. I told him how proud I was of him for being with Baba and Boppy overnight, and then I held him close as he drifted off.
Back downstairs, Santiago had brewed us raspberry tea, and we went out to the porch to watch the fireflies and listen to the frogs.
Throughout the evening, we’d each gotten calls about the situation in which we found ourselves embroiled, but it didn’t look like much was going ahead tonight. Veronica said Judge Beazley had expressed great interest
