Maggie had to work to get her breathing under control and even then it only worked until she launched herself, literally, into his arms. "No more nights when you're not there and I wish desperately you were right next to me? No more mornings you're not there to tell me I'm not making the bacon crispy enough?"

Her sunshine smile was back, just as the lingering clouds overhead broke away entirely and their section of the cemetery was bathed in sunlight.