The Weight of Forever

CADE

My wife is taking too long. I check the bathroom door again. It is still closed, water running endlessly.

This is fucking torture.

The kids are all with Hazel's mother tonight. Striker has disappeared somewhere far away enough that, for once, I don't need to know where he is.

And I am standing in a bedroom overlooking the Pacific Ocean waiting for my wife.

My wife. Holy shit.

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