Chapter 12: Three Words

Tuck's truck pulled out of the driveway at 6:14 in the morning. Four of them stood on the porch in the snow in pajamas. Den waving with both arms like a man landing a plane. Aiden with the painting pressed against his chest. Kel filming, obviously. Wren in Kel's arms in her rabbit pajamas, one hand up, not moving, and somehow that was the one that broke me. Five men lived in that lodge. Only four on the porch. I told myself I wasn't going to look back. I looked back. We got to the end of...