Maya's Pov
I didn't hear the door open but I felt it. I felt a shift in the air and the gentle whoosh of steps on the porch tiles. Lee and I were wrapping things up in the kitchen. She was slowly becoming more helpful around here and she really liked it. Sami had finally fallen asleep after an endless day of cardboard castles, pizza finger painting, and wedding songs. My entire body ached, but there was a contentment in the ache… like I'd poured myself out into something real. And I had because I transformed this boy from a mute traumatized child to a normal, happy one.
Lee was handing me a cup of tea and discussing some cartoon I promised to watch with her when the front door creaked open.
Adam walked in, shoulders drooping in his end of day exhaustion. His tie was already loosened
