Chapter 20
Christopher
I took the rest of the day off work and stuck by Jessi’s side. I helped her with Caleb and danced around their routine, hoping to pick up a few tricks I could use to help her. She was clearly still rattled about the fight with her brother, and I didn’t want to push things.
But I did want to know how it all came out.
“Jess, could we talk?” I asked.
I watched her tense as she laid Caleb down in his crib.
“Can this wait?” she asked. “No offense, but that is what my brother said this morning.”
“All I want to talk about is that. What exactly happened this morning?”
“Let me get Caleb to sleep and we can talk,” she said.
I walked out into her living room and sat on the couch. The couch that still smelled like the two of us. I closed my eyes and reminisced, smiling
