A couple of days later, I woke up before the sun rose like usual these days. I went down to the kitchen to get the coffee pot started, but Daniel was already in the kitchen, flipping pancakes. He heard me and turned around to flash me a grin.

“Hey, I was going to make you breakfast in bed,” he said when I joined him over at the kitchen counter.

“Oh, you were?” I felt my shoulders slump. I was sad that I had woken up and missed that. ...