The city's morning light spilled across the windshield as Katherine drove, the skyline blushing with early sunrays that glinted off building windows and blinked through green lights overhead. Her fingers flexed slightly against the steering wheel as she exhaled, watching the road but not truly seeing it. She had just dropped the twins off at kindergarten. Their tiny backpacks—one with a rainbow keychain, the other with a Star Wars patch—bounced on their backs as they walked through the school gate, hand in hand.
Only this time, it had been Nathan who clutched Maya's hand tightly, pulling her gently forward. Katherine had noticed that. Noticed how his other hand kept brushing the side of her arm as if checking she was still beside him.