He gets up from behind his desk and follows me, but I freeze just outside the door - there in the middle of the hallway stands Sophia, crying.

Sophia looks up at me with tears streaming down her face. "I had a nightmare," she sobs, running straight to me. I crouch down to scoop her up, and she wraps her arms around my neck, burying her face against me. "When I woke up, you and mommy weren't there," she whimpers.

I exchange looks with my father, and without a word, ...