Corinne quietly brought the kids upstairs to give Jeremy and his grandparents some space.

Once back in their room, Corinne sat on the sofa.

Christine walked up to her and asked, "Mommy, is that man my daddy?"

Corinne looked at her and nodded. "Yup. Do you like him?"

Christine frowned in consternation. "I don't know 'cause I don't know him. Though, if you like him, then I like him, too."

Corinne raised an eyebrow. "Do you think I like him?"

Christine nodded. "Yeah! I think you really like him."

Corinne was a little stunned. She pulled her little daughter into her arms and rubbed her cheek against hers. "What makes you think I really like him?" "Because you let him kiss him! You wouldn't have done that if you didn't like him," answered Christine with shiny eyes.

"Oh... So you did see us kissing," said Corinne with a dejected air.

saw it. Joey and Bryan saw it

the bridge of her nose. 'D*mn it! They're never going to take me

embarrassing topic, she said, "Why don't you go over there and play? Mommy wants

Corinne's lap and ran over to play with her

It all still felt like a dream to her. 'Jeremy is back... He's here, home with us! He must

so many questions to ask him, but her emotions were all over

knock on the door just when she

thought Corinne. After all, Jeremy usually just barged in whether or not she gave her

open the door, but

me to look after the kids so you can go to

Corinne nodded. "Okay."

to the study

years. On the days when she especially missed him, she would sit quietly

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