Dominic's POV
The week after we get back settles into itself quietly. Emma goes back to her Tuesday and Thursday shifts. I go back to the office. The girls resume their routines with Mrs. Kowalski and the apartment finds its rhythm again like it never left.
Jet lag takes three days to clear properly. Emma handles it better than I do. She's a morning person by nature and her body corrects faster. Mine takes longer and she notices without making it a thing, just puts a stronger coffee on the counter those first mornings without being asked.
By the end of the week we're back.
Saturday morning she's in the kitchen early when I come out. Not baking. Just standing at the counter with her coffee and the window open, the spring air coming through. She's in an oversized sweater and her hair is
