I place Molly into her bed, sound asleep and cover her up with the blanket.
Julian climbs into his bed on the top bunk and crawls under his blankets. He smiles at me sleepily and says, “Goodnight Annabelle.”
I lean in and kiss him on the forehead, saying, “Goodnight.” I turn and leave their room, closing the door behind me, I take Daniel’s hand and lead him up to my bedroom at the top floor. We go inside and close the door behind us.
“Today was quite the day. A whole lot of stuff happened. Now you have your brother and sister back. They’re safely tucked away in bed. And we’re finally alone again,” Daniel tells me, staring intently into my eyes.
I reach my arms up and loop them around his neck, staring back into his eyes. “It was and we are. There was a lot of crying and some laughter,”
