Dylan sat in his office, working on his laptop. He had some deadlines to meet that he had put off for too long. He would have given this work to his assistant but he could not trust anyone else with it. He checked his watch. It was half past four. An hour more and he would be done with it. Afterward, he would go see Paul and Ariel. A smile crept over his face.

The thought of seeing his son and his mother again made him feel giddy and excited, one emotion he had not felt in a long time. He had come to love spending time with them, and...