He finally smiled.
“Mary, I didn’t finish the sentence.”
I narrowed my eyes at him.
He stepped closer and gently took my hand.
“What I meant was… after today, you’ll never have to see your children only through a phone screen again.”
My knees nearly gave out.
Our children explained everything.
Over the years, work, marriages, and family responsibilities had caused them to move farther and farther apart. We mostly saw them on holidays, and sometimes months passed when all we had were phone calls and video chats.
They knew how much we missed them.
So, almost a year earlier, they had started making a plan.
They had found a lovely house in a small town where all three families could live nearby. David had already purchased a home a few streets away. Emily was moving into another house around the corner, and Michael had arranged to relocate his family the following month.
