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Blizzard’s face lit up when he spotted me, and he lifted his fingers to his mouth, letting out a loud whistle that stopped both the girls in their tracks. They looked to him first in confusion, and then their eyes moved to me.

“Mom!” Harlyn screamed, her legs already carrying her as fast as they could toward me across the grass. Tears streamed down both of our cheeks as I knelt down just in time to catch her body in my arms. She clung to me tightly, the both of us unable to speak through our tears as we sat on the grass, wrapped in each other’s arms. I buried my face in her hair, brushing my fingers through it, trying to soothe her despite the fact I was breaking down too.

This was my life.

We stayed there for a long time until our cries subsided. I could feel eyes watching us, could hear sniffles in the background as they took in our emotional reunion.

A shadow fell across us, and I looked up to see Wrench, his eyes bloodshot but holding back the tears.

He dropped to his knees, and Harlyn finally turned her head to him. “Hey kid,” he said softly.

She didn’t say anything, just reached out her arm and hooked it around his neck, pulling him into our small huddle.

This was bliss.

Wrench’s arms wrapped around me and my daughter, our family surrounding us.

“You’re back,” Harlyn finally murmured, pulling back. Her eyes were red and her breathing unsteady from the amount of crying.

“We’re back,” I confirmed.

“I’m glad you’re okay now,” she said softly, my heart soaring in that moment. “Everything will be okay now.”

I nodded. “Everything will be okay now.”

I was home.

We were home.

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