Flashback

Ellie POV

John is so tender and sweet to me on the ride home. I know he is having a hard time, too, with leaving baby Leah behind. Crissy and Missy agreed to take shifts, so there is always family with her, but I feel like my heart has been pulled out of me and stomped.

John helps me out of the truck and into the house. I hear someone at the door, but John ignores it until he gets me settled. I want to lay down and sleep in my own bed for a few hours before we go back to see baby Leah. He leaves me for...