(Lena)
I was standing in the corridor outside the courtroom when I saw him.
He was coming through the main doors at the end of the hall and he saw me before I could say anything and walked straight toward me.
I didn't move.
He stopped in front of me and looked at me the way he always had. Not checking for damage. Just seeing me properly.
"Dad," I said.
"You look good," he said.
"You came."
"Of course I came," he said. "Where else would I be?"
He opened his arms and I walked into them without thinking about it and stood there for a moment with my face against his shoulder.
He held on without saying anything.
When I stepped back he looked at me again.
"How is it going in there?" he said.
"Cole has everything," I said. "It's going the way it's supposed to go."
He nodded.
"And y
