l want her to open up, but I think about how maybe I've been a crappy friend for not seeing this long ago. I want to give her some kind of support, so I'll give her this. I step out of her way. She takes a step and pauses to lean in and kiss me on my cheek.
"Love you."
"Love you, too," I tell her. "You better call me every day, and I want to be at the next checkup," I challenge, unable to help myself.
"Deal," she says, then turns to leave.
Eli
"He'll be home by morning," I tell Maggie when she comes back into the living room. She comes straight to me and into my arms. I hold her close and kiss the top of her head. "Everything okay with Alice?"
She nods, but I have a sense something isn't right. I don't want to push, because she has a special relationship with Alice. She was able to
