"You guys are all the family I want," she said, resting her head on my shoulder. "All I need."

*****

Jess and I came home from work together almost every evening. Tuesdays were different. Every Tuesday Jess had to stay a couple of hours later than I did due to server patches and other various system updates. In the early days I stayed around the office for support, but she was so busy we almost never saw each other. Now I came home on my own. So on Monday nights or Tuesday mornings, we'd make love so she wouldn't have an attack without me.

On those nights when Jess had...