Pandora yawned when the alarm went off. She reached out and looked at the display to see that it was seven before she clicked off the buzzer.

"Go back to sleep, love," Benjamin whispered but she shook her head.

"No, I want to make you a good breakfast before you leave for your first day back to work," she told him as she got out of bed, wishing the past eight weeks hadn’t gone so fast.

When she got to the kitchen, she started to cook bacon and pancakes. Not long after she began things, she ...