irritated him.
Then he said the sentence he had probably been waiting years to deliver.
“Leaving you was the smartest thing I ever did.”
Vanessa laughed beside him.
Before I could answer, the sound of small shoes hurried across the marble floor.
“Mommy!”
A little girl with dark curls raced through the crowd and threw herself into my arms.
I caught her automatically.
“Emma! Slow down.”
She wrapped both arms around my neck.
“Dad and I have been looking everywhere for you!”
Something changed in the air around us.
Daniel
