The airport road was busy the way it always was in the morning. I moved through it without hurrying and merged onto the highway.
I took the exit toward Midtown.
The weekend had been unexpected in the best possible way. Aaron had shown up and reminded me without trying to that some things were worth maintaining even when distance made it easier not to. The conversation with our parents had gone the way it always did but something about it had felt different this time. Not resolved. Just less heavy than it used to feel.
Maybe because I was less heavy than I used to be.
I pulled into the parking garage and rode the elevator up to the twenty second floor.
Ryan was already at his desk when I walked in.
"Early," he said.
"Had a drop off," I said.
He nodded and handed me a folder without
