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Spence
I wash my hands, the mud flushing down the drain. “This will be the first time that we’ll be leaving the kids behind...”
Liam is searching through some boxes on the shelves behind me. “Your point?”
“Don’t you think it’s...” I sigh. “It feels weird. We’ve never travelled without them since they were born. We’ve never been apart from them for more than a few hours.”
Liam’s movements still. “True. So?”
I turn to him, grabbing a towel to dry my hands. “Doesn’t it feel weird to you? I already miss them, and we’ve not even left yet.” I let out an awkward laugh.
He smiles, shrugging. “I guess?” He looks inside a tub, making a triumphant sound, and pulls out a box with plant labels, putting it next to the sink as he rolls up his sleeves. “I’ve mostly been trying to ignore it, to b
