Chapter 227

They were both moving decidedly slower than normal the next morning, but they exchanged secret smiles and glances with one another—something they hadn't been able to do in a while.

"Did you sleep well?" Meredith asked him as she poured some cereal for Addie.

Addie wasn't a morning person, so they always put in extra time for her to have time to wake up. Normally by the time she'd eaten her breakfast and gotten dressed and had her hair done, she was good to go. She wasn't one of those children who could hop out of bed and be in a great mood the rest of the day if they immediately left to run errands.

"Better than I have in a long time." He grinned over his ever-present skull coffee mug at her.

They were only in their second day of their vacation, but she was excited that they'd decided to come on it. She truly hadn't realized how stressed she was at home. There was no tension in her neck, no headache waiting to come on. This was exactly what she had needed. "Me too." She smile