To the trip.

To being together.”

Gemma lifted her water glass but did not drink.

Douglas said hear, hear in his big voice and thumped the table so the silver jumped.

Chloe clapped her hands twice, quickly.

I smiled at my son and took a sip of wine, and for a moment the warmth in the room felt real.

“A toast deserves a second,” Douglas said, getting to his feet again.

“To Margaret, who never once hesitated.