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Lou: Hey, your dad is taking us to dinner.
Henrik: They’re still there?
Lou: Your mom is fascinated with my children and vice versa.
Henrik: Call me later tonight so we can have a little one-on-one time, if you know what I mean.
Lou: I don’t think that’ll be possible. Knowing Archie and Tilly, they won’t be able to sleep that easily. It’s going to be a long night.
ChapterTwenty-Five
Henrik: Week four, still missing my girl.
Lou: Good morning to you too.
Henrik: How are you?
Lou: I’m getting Archie ready for school. Tilly and I are going to the zoo and probably will be taking a nap after that.
Henrik: Any news about you coming home?
Lou: Nope, but the kids want to have dinner with Bigfoot on the screen again.
Henrik: I thought I was a lumberjack.
Lou: It changes depending on the day. So what do you have to do at six?
Henrik: Eat in front of my computer. What are we cooking?
Lou: I’m thinking pasta so the kids can help.
Henrik: Send me the list of ingredients so it looks like we’re all having the same.
Lou: You know you’re the best long-distance boyfriend in the world.
Henrik: Am I your boyfriend?
Lou: I hope so.
Henrik: I’m anything you want me to be. By the way, I miss you so fucking much.
Lou: Same. Thank you for being so patient with me.
Henrik: I love you.
Lou: I love you too. And with that I have to leave you. See you this evening.
ChapterTwenty-Six
Louanne
I helpthe kids out of their car seats, bursting with pent up energy. Archie and Tilly practically vibrate with excitement as I usher them across the parking lot.
“I can’t believe we’re finally here,” I murmur under my breath. And I don’t just mean the ice rink itself, but being back in Kentbury.
Yesterday felt like a homecoming—hugs and laughter, the kids loving their Uncle Paul, Aunt McKay, and newfound Great-grandma Genie, or “Gigi” as she’s been quickly nicknamed. This small town still feels new, yet also like coming home, a feeling I hadn’t fully realized I’d missed.
The kids race ahead happily as I follow behind with a smile. I’ve spoken to Anthony a few times now that he’s in jail. He doesn’t want the children to know where he is or why. He says he might get out in a few months. But when I asked Ameline for more case details, she reluctantly admitted that realistically, with parole, he’s looking at a decade or more behind bars.
