The Years Between Us — Episode 3

Don't mention it. If you ever need anything, call me. Even just as a friend. I nodded and turned back toward the hospital entrance. That is when Sebastian came through a side door with the kids, my son and daughter, both of them toddling toward me on short legs.

I scooped one up in each arm and kept walking. Cassian's car hadn't moved. He leaned forward, the window tint clearing, and saw a man, two small children, all three of them gravitating straight to me. Something in his chest tore open.

Office. The car pulled away. He stayed at the office until almost nine. Work was the only thing that kept the images at bay.

But the moment he closed his eyes that night, the scene outside the hospital replayed on a She'd moved on, married someone else, built something real. She used to be my wife and I didn't take care of what I had. The desk lamp burned all night.

By the time morning light filtered through the curtains, he hadn't slept. He pressed his fingers to his temples, got up, showered, drank two large black coffees, and went back Two weeks later, Grandpa was cleared to leave the hospital. My brother Alex and I arrived early that morning to bring him home.

The car pulled through the gate of the Morgan estate and into the drive. Before it had fully stopped, the twins came running.