It had been a good night. Dani and Greg had stayed for dinner, beef Wellington with scalloped potatoes, carrots, and garlic butter biscuits. They'd talked for a while before Dani promised to come over tomorrow with Greg following later in the afternoon.

Luke pushed them out the door when they tried to help him clean up. He didn't want them to see what had become his nightly routine of saving a plate for Johanna, just in case today was the day she woke up. He always packed a sealed ...