““And then what?" she asked, though this time the words were quieter, smaller; they were heavy with things unspoken: questions without answers and promises without assurances. Owen wanted to say this: "And then we'll be together forever." Or this: "And then we'll live happily ever after." But he could't. Instead, he fixed his eyes on the empty sky, feeling his once heavy heart go floating off like a balloon. "And then we'll have to go home," he said eventually, because it was the truth, and after everything they'd been through, it was the only thing he could give her.””
