After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, My Child Said We Shouldn’t Go Home. I Listened

a script they’d memorized years ago. “Conference starts tomorrow morning. I’ll try to call after the keynote.”

“Drive safe,” I started to say, then caught myself. “Fly safe. Sorry. Long day.”

He smiled that smile again—the one that should have felt warm but somehow didn’t quite reach the temperature it promised. “You okay? You seem distracted.”

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