The Airport Goodbye That Changed Everything

finally loosened.

“Thank you,” I said quietly.

“Don’t thank me for basic human decency.” She squeezed my hand. “Now come on. I want to show you this terrible statue the city installed. You can tell me if it’s structurally sound or just ugly.”

Six months after that, I woke up next to Claire in my apartment—our apartment now—and checked Instagram out of continue reading …