He moves ahead of me, pulling me along with him. Madeline was much easier to understand than that one about the elephants.

...

I catch up with him and slide my hands around his waist from behind, resting my chin on his shoulder for a moment. "You want to go somewhere else? We can do that?"

I can hear the uncertainty in my voice. I don't know how to be romantic. Just pragmatic. But I know I love him, and I want him to feel happy. I just... he's been so restless and unsettled, and I want to help him find a way to feel like he has a purpose in his life again.