Daniel's shadows illuminated when he was alone with her. They did not return home; in any case, the children would stay with Susan again. All the years he had spent alone after Emily died seemed so distant now, as if his life had a void where time had stopped and the darkness of sadness covered everything. Deanna filled everything with her light now.
His office, at one time, was also his hiding place, where his grief could emerge and overwhelm him without anyone seeing him. Its dimensions covered the entire upper floor of the building and it was fully equipped, even with a small room that was now dismantled and stored old boxes.
"Your office looks like an apartment..."
"At one time, it was."
They were lying on the large sofa facing the extensive windows. The city lights were
