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The jangle of keys and the lock clicking are shockingly grounding.
“Hey,” her Dad greets softly. “Sorry I’m late,” his grimace tells her what she could have guessed. She looks at her phone for the first time in hours, it’s nearly 11.
“It’s fine,” she says, looking at her sister on the couch behind her, only half covered with a loosely knit blanket. “Ellie’s knocked out, I was going to wake her up and send her to bed, but I guess I lost track of time.”
Her dad shrugs off his coat and toes off his boots, “I got her.”
Sarah shifts out of the way when he leans down to haul Ellie up off of the couch and tries not to let their quiet exchange tear her apart.
“I fell asleep?” Ellie asks with a yawn.
“Still are, probably,” her Dad quips softly as they reach the stairs, “whatcha dreamin about?”
Ellie grumbles, not fully awake, “Your ass getting home on time.”
Silence. Then, “sorry kiddo. I’ll make it up to you.”