WHILE YOU WERE GONE EXTENDED EPILOGUE
Luka Harcourt caught her father’s eye and they grinned at each other. Luka then turned to her mother, rolling her eyes. “Mom… you promised you wouldn’t cry.”
Maia blinked rapidly to get rid of the tears. “I’m not crying, it’s just allergies.”
Atom snorted and hugged his wife. “Sure it is, honey.”
“Momma, you’re crying because Lulu is going away, isn’t that right?” Eddie, their six-year-old had yet to learn subtlety and Maia grinned.
“Busted.”
They were sitting around the kitchen table eating breakfast. Later, Luka would be graduating from high school, joint top of the class with her best friend Nella. Nella was the daughter of Maia and Atom’s best friends, Emory and Dante Harper, and the two girls had been inseparable since the day they had met s
