“Yes, of course we are,” Carrie reassured her.
She smiled at them but couldn’t find the words. She excused herself to her office and threw herself into her work. Since she was hyper-focused on the expansion, she gave Carrie and Darren a lot of her other tasks, like the book clubs and working with the local school.
For about a week, she got in early and stayed late. Roman showed up for lunch one day and forced her to eat. They chatted, but she was evasive. She knew deep down what she was doing, but it kept the pain at bay.
On Friday, she pulled into her driveway and saw that Roman and Harper were sitting on her porch.
“Hey,” she said as Harper came running up to her.
Guilt hit her hard. She hadn’t even seen him since Apollo had passed. Harper and Apollo had bonded so quickly. She
