Jack arrived home close to 1:00 in the morning.
The last-minute flight he had booked was delayed, and the stopover in Denver only made him more drained. He hadn’t told anyone he would return on Friday, 2 days ahead of schedule. He wanted to surprise Clare. The seminar had wrapped up earlier than expected, and deep inside, he simply wanted to see her again. He felt a growing distance between them and hoped the gesture might fix it.
Despite the fatigue, he drove straight from the airport to their house, a faint smile forming as he imagined the look on her face when she opened the door.
