“Hi, do you know where Lucas is? I need to speak with him,” I find Liam in the living room and ask him.

“Ah, yeah. Give me just a second. I’ll go get him,” Liam gets up from his place in the living room and I sit down to wait.

“Mandy,” Lucas says when he enters the room. “How are you? After all of that?” Lucas sits next to me and takes my hands in one of his and takes my chin gently in his other hand, checking over my face.

“I’m…” I start to say ...