Don't ever ask me how it was to travel with two under fours, don't think it or speak it...

But we did, we traveled to Europe, to Greece, and to Babas island. We travelled with our two girls, plus Allie and Willa, who was on school break, like Harper, and thankfully we met the other Nomikos at the hotel. If I had traveled with them, I wouldn't actually be on a planet you exist on right now, or I would be locked up, in prison? A padded cell? Honestly it's a lucky dip.

"Oh Teddy" Harper gasps as we step off of the coach at our hotel.

She has Olympia pressed to her chest asleep, and I have Wren on my hip "it's stunning isn't it" I observe as we look along the sweeping curved coast to the large rock that springs out of the water. It was a little island locals got married on, you could swim to it if you were a strong enough swimmer.

The sea shimmered under the mid day sun, it was the bluest ocean, completely clear "I have never seen water that light blue" Harper observes, shaking her head in amazement.

"Wow" Allie says walking over with her hand sheltering her eyes from the sun "Oh Teddy we just stepped into paradise" she whispers.

"I want to swim mommy" Wren asks.

I point to the hotel "as soon as we get into the hotel, we can go swim in the pool okay" I say, and she nods excitedly.

"But first we need food" Willa interjects and we all grab our stomachs.

"Yes, we need food" Allie agrees. "Why don't we dump our bags in our rooms and go find a taverna for lunch... then swim" she suggests, and we all agree.

***
We walk down to the tavernas along the beach. I have Olympia in her baby carrier on my chest, pointing outward so she can look around, she is nine months old now and a complete chunky limpet. She loves to be worn so she can see what I'm seeing, and be at a greater height for the people who coo at her and the views she can take in. I think most importantly, for her, this was a great position to pull Wrens hair from, and if she was close enough walking ahead, kick her with her bare feet, with a chuckle each time Wren squealed "O...stop it".

These girls were nine months and three. I could only imagine what would happen a couple years down the line.

The coastal breeze is fresh as it whips your cheeks, Olympias dark curls flit about in it, Wrens long strawberry blonde hair is luckily braided and out of the way, thanks to Allie, or we would have a situation here, as Olympia would most definitely have made a game out of catching it.

Harper is holding my hand as we pass the tavernas and check the menus on display out front.

"This one looks good" Willa calls from up ahead and she walks on with Wren lifted onto her back, her arms wrapped around her neck.

We filter in, and a wonderful middle aged greek lady welcomes us "Kalispera" she greets.

We smile "Kalispera" we return.

"Oh my goodness" she says holding her hands out for Olympia to squeeze "Ómorfo paidí".

"efcharistó" I reply. "Thank you".

"Eísai Ellinida?" She asks me, am I greek.

"Nai eimai ellinida" I reply nodding and she squeezes my shoulder with a warm smile.

"Come come" she says leading us to a table beside the beach, the sound of the water lapping up against the sand like a sizzling soda, the happy cries of children and adults playing in the distance and enjoying their summer vacation.

"I think we perhaps died and went to heaven" Harper says, as everyone takes a seat.

I unstrap Olympia and release her onto my lap.

"There you are" Thea calls from the beach as she spots us

Harry is holding Athena and Matthias runs along ahead of them toward us.

"Never mind" Harper adds

I nudge her. "It's only Thea" I remind her,
and she points a little further along, and I spot Demitra and her gang, Callie and her boys and of course Momma all coming behind, the sound carrying.

"Oh" I reply.

"As much as I love them... my version of heaven is a little quieter" she reveals, taking a sip of water.

I lean across Olympia and kiss Harpers forehead, which makes her turn to me and smile, caught off guard by the unexpected affection "what was that for" she asks.

I just shake my head "you literally read my mind" I say amused and she leans back across and kisses my lips, her auburn hair falling down from behind the shades that slipped down on her head.

Thea's presence behind us makes us pull away and she looks down to us as we look up, her finger pointing at what she had just seen "I'm here to tell you that you should not be this into each other with a young baby... you should be extremely exhausted and Harpers voice alone should irk you" she says looking to Harry with annoyance.

Harper and I smile and shake our heads "Well I love her more than ever" i rebuff.

She shakes her head as if we are creatures from planet zorg "Im seriously wondering if it's Harry" Thea confesses "he just annoys me" she says teeth clenched.

Harper and I look away sheepishly. Thea sits beside me as Harry sits by Allie opposite with a darling little Athena on his lap that he hands to Allie who is dying to cuddle her.

"Also" Thea says pointing at my breasts that were in a bikini top under a thin vest "these are way too perky" she observes.

I roll my eyes "Thea it's not my fault that Olympia didn't take to breast feeding... I tried"

"Mine had just come back to life, forming some kind of supple shape again, and Athena arrived right on time to suck the living life out of them... I mean I love her" she says gazing at her lovingly "but I kinda enjoyed having boobs that lifted for a while"

"Me too" Harry interjects from across the table, before grimacing as one of Theas thick summer wedges connects with his shin.

"Can I take my beautiful niece" Thea asks reaching for Olympia and before I can say a word she's got her on her lap and kissing her all over "you are soooo scrummy... I could eat you" she says as Olympia laughs "I could eat you up" she repeats and then in Greek as she pretends to eat her tummy. "Oh Theodora she's so much like Apollo... you and Calliope made the same baby" she says with a little chuckle before Olympia grabs Theas hair and tugs it with a menacing raspy laugh.

Harper and I look back to her "no... we really didn't" we reply laughing, because Olympia may look like butter wouldn't melt, but it would, it would bubble in seconds and evaporate leaving you with a little menace, a little menace, take two, as Calliope would say.

"Ouch" Thea squeaks at Olympias grip.

Wren rounds the table and stands beside her "theía... she broke your shades" she says bending down and picking up a broken armed pair of Gucci shades, much to Theas horror.

"óchi óchi óchi" she moans holding them up to inspect "oh Wren adelfí is ... a pickle" she says handing her back to me.

"Athena looks just like you Harry" Allie muses, as she holds her in her arms.

Willa looks down "she really does"

Thea sighs "everyone says that. I'm not sure how she dare come out his twin when she put me through a twenty hour labour" she says just as Demitra appears in a bikini, sarong wrapped around her waist with Clio, bright blonde and tanned on her hip.

"Thea we don't need to hear anymore about this marathon labour... we get it... you are the work horse of the family, we all suck for having ours as if we sneezed and they flew out. Although, I don't think having Clio in the restaurant was a breeze... I got olives where there should not be olives" she reveals, in an overshare that made Willa drop her fork with an olive attached from her Greek salad.

"Clio" I squeal standing to see her "how's my little whirlwind" I ask.

Demitra hands her over onto my other hip and she takes Olympia "she's keeping me trim. I never stop running around after her" Demi says "you wait until this beauty walks" she says kissing Olympias nose. Olympia goes in for the shades and Demi snaps her head back in a move that wouldn't look out of place in a superhero movie. "Ha...I'm too quick for you Pia, you forget I have one of you at home..." and she hands her back and places Clio down to play with Matthias, Wren and Alexi, who are sitting in the sand beside the table playing with shells.

"Where is Callie and Maria" Harper asks.

Demitra points back over her shoulder "they saw a jewellery store, and like a couple magpies they did swoop in" she declares. "Luke went back to the hotel he's got a migraine from the humidity and it's Apollo's nap time... so... what are we having for lunch" Demi asks pulling up a chair.

"Not olives" Willa says under her breath, and Allie nudges her with a wicked smile.

***
The afternoon is spent around the pool, our family group taking it over, like one of those loud obnoxious families you encounter on holiday, that end up just swallowing the sun beds as there were so many of them.

I encourage Harper to chill and sunbathe, for a few reasons, one, she deserved to relax for once, two, she looked ridiculously yummy in her bikini stretched out by the pool, and three, if I let her rest I could keep her up late... on a little date.

Olympia is in a little all in one lilac swimsuit, with a sun hat on, sat in an inflatable baby ring that I push around lazily whilst watching Allie teach Wren how to swim.

Harry and Tony are trying to encourage Alexi and Matthias to do canon balls off of the deep end diving board and momma looks like a lady of leisure sat in her swimsuit and a large hat, with over the top sunglasses, as she sits sipping a cocktail with Willa in the pool bar.

Demitra and Thea are laying in the baby pool with Clio and Athena, because it's ridiculously warm and most probably because they have a perfect view of the guys who just walked in, who look like a couple of Greek gods. Tony and Harry haven't even noticed them perving over them.

Callie appears a little later with Apollo in little striped blue trunks, he and Olympia really did look alike, he was just shy of two and absolutely gorgeous with his mop of curly dark hair and huge chocolate button eyes. His dimples just adding to his angelic demeanour.

"We have arrived" she announces.

Our afternoon doesn't go without dramas, but all I cared about was finally getting my wife to myself after nine months of having atleast one child hanging off of me at all times, and the nine months before that being pregnant. I had been day dreaming about a night together for so long, it felt as if it would never happen. I missed Harper, intimately and I don't just mean sex, I mean just her, as a partner, and romantically, our roles as moms had taken front row and centre stage as they should, and it wasn't as if we hadn't had sex in nine months... we had, but it was hurried and quick to try and fit in on a schedule. What I craved now, was slow, and attentive, and I quite honestly just wanted time to look at her, to gaze into her eyes without being interrupted and tell her how much I adored her. I wanted to remind her that I see her underneath the mama exterior, that I find her extremely attractive and wouldn't mind taking her on a date before ripping her clothes off ... slowly.

***
The sky is turning pink as I drive the hire car to the village my father was from. Harpers hand is in mine, she looks absolutely stunning tonight in a cute dress that sits on her mid thigh.

My hand slips from hers, and flirts with the hem of it, she smiles as she looks down "Theodora Nomikos... do not play with me... I am teetering on the edge of a very steep cliff, quite literally" she says looking out of the window as we drive along a narrow gravely road up the side of the mountain.

"I can't help it... this dress is talking to me" I confess.

She looks to me, raising her eyebrows playfully  "what is it saying" she asks.

I look sideways and back to the road, my fingers softly brushing the inside of her thigh "it's telling me it belongs on a floor...and you belong... on me... instead" I return with a jovial wink.

She laughs "that's not what I heard it say" she rebuffs.

I shake my head smiling like an idiot "and what dare I ask did you hear it say"

"I heard it say it wants dinner, dessert, a little adult conversation... and then it's happy to drop to any floor you so desire"

"I can vibe with that... it sounds perfect... I miss you" I confess.

She lifts my hand and kisses it "why do you miss me, I'm always here" she asks.

I shrug "I know... I just miss this... a little flirty adult conversation... and I think it's time we implement a date night.  I'm not saying this is a barren lands situation like Harry and Thea... I'm just saying I want to date my wife... because I need to steal her away to myself sometimes" I confess.

"Agreed... it's time to put us back on the calendar.. among the swimming lessons, tots basketball and baby gym"

"I'm excited" I confess, as she leans over and kisses my cheek.

"Me too" she replies,  slipping her hand up my bare waist and under the material of my cropped top, her thumb brushing across my breast and making my heart race.

"Harper ... my crop top is saying back the hell up out of there now, or forever hold your peace. One more movement, and I swear to god your date is ending on the side of this mountain, in the back of this car..."

"No food" she asks lip protruding sulkily.

I turn to her, her hand still up my top "no food" I deter, and she sulks and pulls her hand away slowly returning to her seat and facing forward.

"Well this is going to be a long date" she says letting out an exaggerated breath... "I kind of want to mesh this entire date into one experience... squirt cream over your body and lick it all off, whilst also dipping strawberries into your mouth and sucking them back out again"

"Fuck Harper... please stop... you are making me hornier than I've been in a year..."

***
When we make it to the top of the mountain the sun is starting to drop so low it's throwing up purple and red hues.

Harper sits at our table, I push her in, and sigh, taking my spot opposite her, my favourite spot, to be so close and one on one.

"Oh Teddy" she says looking around and to the colours in the sky "now this...feels like heaven" she confesses dreamily.

I reach across and take her hand, she looks back to me with the sensation of my hand moving across hers "I love you Harper Nomikos" I sigh lovingly.

She  squeezes my fingers "you too..." she says smiling broadly and reaching over to kiss my lips.

"Kaló apógevma" the waiter says "good evening" he adds and he hands us menus "what would you like to drink? Some wine?" He asks.

"No" we both say abruptly at once.

He laughs "okay no wine" he replies.

"Sorry I'm allergic" Harper admits.

"gotcha" he replies with a smile.

"some cokes would be great" she asks, and he walks away.

***
We order way too much food and pick at it all sharing each dish. Harper moans as she places her last bite of  Soutzoukakia into her mouth.

"I would like to hear that again later" I say with a wiggly eyebrow.

She opens her eyes and tries not to laugh "honestly that meal was just as good as an orgasm" she confesses.

I frown "I'm actually offended by that" I confess "I mean I know it's been a while...but... damn" I say sitting back against my chair and placing a hand on my stomach "I'm stuffed"

"I mean as good as an orgasm alone... not as good as being given one by you..." she explains leaning across the table to reclaim my hand and she tugs me back forward and caresses my cheek "so... this was where Christos was from" she asks looking around appreciatively.

I nod as she looks back to me "I'm glad I'm here with you... and that I can experience a little bit of your family history and the girls history... it's important that they are just as close to their Greek roots as their Utah ones"

"I'm glad you are all here to see it. I think we should make Greek vacation part of our yearly plans, because there's just nothing like this place, the sights, the smells, the food... the company" I add taking her hand up to my lips and kissing the back of her knuckles. "I wouldn't mind the girls getting used to two weeks in summer of just being immersed in the culture... something they could look forward to every year"

Harper leans forward and kisses my lips, her fingers gliding up my jaw and threading my hair over my ears, and as she parts I hesitate to let her go.

"What was that for" I ask.

She smiles, she looks so beautiful "Everytime we speak about our future I get butterflies, it never gets old to think of the future with you ... and now the girls... ugh... I'm getting emotional" she confesses wiping away a tear "I just can't believe we get to do this" she says looking back up to me misty eyed.

"Life" I ask and she nods. "Life".

***

When we arrive back to the little part of the island we are staying at, it is dark, but you can still make out the beautiful bay and the rock that springs from the water as we wind back down the hill toward it all.

I had taken Harper after dinner to meet Sophia and Effy, Babas sisters in the village, they were extremely welcoming and squeezed Harper within an inch of her life, they loved her red hair, so much so Effys granddaughter could not stop stroking it.

The girls were with Willa and Allie tonight for a sleepover, and we finally had an empty bed to go back too, an empty bed I intended to not sleep much in...

I take Harpers hand and lead her back through the hotel, my speed picking up as she laughed behind me "Teddy we don't have to rush" she reminds me "we are not on a schedule tonight"

"I'm not rushing because we have to hurry. I'm rushing because I'm eager" I say turning back to her playfully.

The door unlocks and I throw the keys down on the side, turning and pulling Harper into the space beside me and closing the door with my spare hand. I take her hips and brush my lips over hers, running them across her cheek and up her neck, barely touching her, the sensation of my breath upon her skin sends goosebumps across her flesh as she gulps.

"I love you" I whisper coming back up her neck one small peck at a time, my hands tracing down her hips, dancing along her upper thigh, teasing the light material of her hem and ever so gently curling my fingers beneath it.

She takes my cheeks in her hands and brings my lips to hers, capturing my lips in eager kisses, her thumb rolling over my cheek, across my bottom lip, pulling it open, allowing my mouth to accept hers openly. Her tongue pushes against mine, softly discovering each other as the kiss deepens. Her thighs become more exposed, with every second that passes, my fingers drawing her dress up higher, and her breath catches. My hands make their way up either thigh, capturing her plump rear flesh in my hands and bringing her against me.

"Mmhmm" she moans into my mouth.

Harpers hands drop to my bare waist, her finger nails raking across my flesh lightly, tingles run down my body.

My lips slip away from hers as I push back and take her hand, hers falling away from me as I do. I lead her toward the bed instead, sitting down and pulling her down onto my lap, my eyes taking in hers, her pupils dilated already as my hands take her dress and lift it up over her head. She reaches back and unclasps her bra, letting it fall forward, before tossing it aside, my eyes hungrily take in her breasts as they are released and bounce out slightly, her nipples are so soft as I run my finger tips across them. She leans upward and brings my mouth down to them with her hands, clutching my cheeks, and she releases me as I suck her into my mouth as much as possible, rolling my tongue across the velvety bud, feeling it slowly harden against me.

Her hands run through my hair, in soft caressing motions as I roam across her chest with my lips, taking my time to run my tongue firmly across her left breast, giving it the same attention until they were both erect and taut. Pleasure falls from Harpers lips. I lift my head and swallow the moan that escapes, as I kiss her.

Her hands trace down my sides until she is lifting the hem of my top. I help her take it off, and she raises her eyebrows when she remembers I wasn't wearing a bra "fuck" she whispers cupping my perky breasts in her hands "you are hot Teddy Nomikos... and you are all mine" she says teasingly as she pushes me backward.

I hit the sheets, and she is quickly unbuttoning my tight trousers and slipping them off of my legs, my underwear going with them until I am naked and her eyes wonder over me appreciatively.

"like what you see" I ask playfully.

She pulls her underwear off and kicks them from her ankles "like it... love it... need it... now" she says jumping on top of me.

I laugh as she collided with me and I roll her onto her back "uh uh" I say finger wiggling at her "I'm going first" I say dominating her, my hands holding down her wrists against the sheets "I want this to be slow... and if it's a little teasing... so be it" I taunt.

She shakes her head disapprovingly "I swear to god Teddy, don't taunt a horny mama whose not got laid in an age" she says defiantly.

"It's not been that long" I reply, kissing her clavicle, one inch at a time as her breathing quickens with each touch.

"Don't worry" I suggest "you are about to get your reward for waiting" I say smiling a little teasingly.

Her nostrils flare a little as she looks over my features, a hunger, a desire, and a lot of love. It's all merging together, to become one aching gaze as I lean up and pull her lips into mine, a sensual run of my tongue across her bottom lip before an intense hungry rhythm begins and her aches and wants are communicated through the way she kisses me. Its like she had fangs and is about to suck the desire out of me like a a vampire, taking every drop in a frenzy until the throb between her legs is satisfied.

I breathlessly pull away from the kiss, my lips are swollen and her teeth catch the flesh of my bottom lip as I pull away, "ouch" I squeak.

Her perfectly arched brow lifts in a look of defiance "I told you" she says unapologetically "I'm a little on the turn... being teased will do that you know"

I narrow my eyes "You've just added penalty time to this game.." I tease.

She rolls her eyes "Teddy no... no more time just ... please put me out of my misery..."

I smile mischievously and lower down away from sight, releasing her wrists and instead taking her small waist and gripping it either side firmly, my lips placing kisses against her flesh. I inhale her, the smell of the hotel body wash, fresh and fruity and the faint scent of sunscreen, her skin is sun kissed and warm from laying out in the sun all afternoon, my eyes roll up with pleasure at the senses overload, like an explosion of fireworks in my brain.

Harper was suffocating my senses as I ran my tongue down her stomach, and if I could have quite literally devoured her, I would have, because she looked, felt, smelt and tasted like a fucking snack.

I tenderly kiss and run my hands down between her legs, my hands drawing her thighs up and around my neck. I lower my lips and push my tongue through her wetness, her hand reaches down and runs through my hair as I run my tongue up and down, tasting her, clutching her thighs against me as her hips rise up and meet my mouth, desperately wanting more, wanting to be filled with me, to have everything and have it now.

I wouldn't be that appeasing, as I removed a hand from her thigh, instead drawing a finger tip slowly down her centre as my tongue flicked across her pulse point, she uses her hand to push my mouth further against her, the way her hand ran through my hair and pushed me deeper inside of her made a throb form between my legs that felt so intense it was like it was drumming against the sheets beneath me. It was like you could hear it, and she had got her way, because now I wanted to have her so intensely I couldn't go slow, my fingers pushing through her with such intensity she gasped, not expecting me to fulfil her wish so easily.

"Oh god" she gasps as I take her with my fingers and my mouth with confidence, her body writhing beneath me, her hips wildly coming against me, her stomach sucking in and out as I look up and take her in, the pleasure that takes over her features as an orgasm builds, it makes me close my eyes with the pleasure.

I honestly think I could orgasm just from observing her orgasm, and as I try to hold back my own, hers arrives, her thighs suddenly clamping around my cheeks, her mouth falling open and the sounds that came from her were loud, and euphoric. oh god, my throb began to intensify and her thighs release me and she forces me up, reaching for me and pulling me up her body until her hands are taking my thighs and wrapping them around her waist. Her fingers push between my legs against her stomach, and slip inside of me, she draws me against her with her spare hand guiding my hips back and forth, her thumb brushed against my throbbing pulse and I rock forward, mouth falling open, eyes clamping shut as I ride Harper and let the orgasm wash over me. I suck my bottom lip into my mouth, my features screwing up as the pleasure comes in waves and just as it's peaked it comes back and this time it's a deeper, and a more intense sensation ,and it's like she sees it on my face and she flips us over and drops down wasting no time in delving her tongue inside of me. Her fingers and mouth taking the second orgasm and making it explode through my entire being, and there are the stars, a black out, it was a black out and my body kind of slumps back as I try and catch my breath.

Harper leaves a trail of kisses as she comes back up my torso, her fingers curling around and squeezing my breasts that were swollen with the pleasure, my cheeks and lips felt the heat of the blood rush. Harper appeared above me, I ran my fingers down her cheek tenderly, our eyes drawing each other in, her lips look cherry stained as she leans down and kisses me lovingly.

This was the moment every touch and each kiss became slower, leaving no doubt that Harper adored every inch of me, and the love I felt as she took her time to declare it, it was overwhelming.

We didn't sleep much that night and apparently neither did Allie and Willa who were in the room next door, as we found out the next morning at breakfast when a mortified Harper went a deep shade of red and couldn't then look at them for days... I of course...was amused.

***
By the end of our week we had swam, eaten, drank and danced our way around the island. The kids were like a feral little gang by the end,  and played together pretty well, as under fives go. It was lovely to have them all together, spending quality time for a week, and my momma had loved it, having all of her grand babies together, and her daughters.

On the last day, momma, Calliope, Demitra, Thea and I, we went back to the village our Baba grew up in and Sophia took us around and gave us another tour of his childhood there. At the end, we took a boat out into the bay, just us five, and we released flowers into the clear ocean below, and each of us took turns to say a little something to him.

"I miss you" I whispered as we departed the boat that day, turning back for one last glance at the glistening water. My eyes lift, to see a pod of dolphins up ahead "look" i call.

They turn back, and follow my gaze "Christos" my momma says with a tear "he loved those dolphins" she whispers shaking her head in disbelief as they jumped out of the water and seemed to be dancing in and out together.

Callie reaches around me, bringing me under her arm, and Momma the other, all of our arms wrapping around each other. Thea and Demitra huddle in as we drew each other in tightly, with tears in our eyes and nothing but affection "Here's to Baba..." Callie whispers and we all nod.

"And to us... sticking together and making him proud" Momma says.

"We hope you like the Quads baba" Demitra says with a smile "our little tribute to you... they are all here and all very much Nomikos through and through...watch over them Baba" she asks.

We all tighten our grip of each other "I love you all" I say looking to each of them.

"And we you, our little lion" Demi says smiling.

"If you would only move a little closer" Thea says sadly.

I can't help the smile that slips onto my lips "why are you smiling about the fact I miss you" Thea says as if I'm being mean.

Demi narrows her eyes at me as she attempts to read my mind "are you" she squeals and they all look to her confused.

"Demitra what are you talking about" Callie asks.

Demi jumps forward and drags me into her arms "She's moving home" she declares as she hugs me so tightly I feel the air leave my lungs.

"Are you" my momma asks shocked, and she pushes Demitra off of me and takes my arms excitedly jumping up and down "are you coming home Theodora" she asks desperately.

I nod "I think so momma... I find out soon... my management are currently working their magic behind the scenes but so far it is all green lights. I will know for sure in January, but basically, I've got the secret handshake" I confess.

Callie beams "which team" she asks.

"Portland fires... they are back"I reveal, and she air punches above her head "my team... you are going to be on my team... ahhhhh" she squeals "Teddy this is my dream" she says excitedly.

I nod "I know... and I want you to be there... to come to everything... with a backstage pass of course"

She jumps up and down overcome with the excitement. "Yes yes yes yes yes" she squeals.

***
We returned from our vacation, sun kissed, content, bodies feeling alive and loved, the kids were on a high from all of the family time, and play time on the beaches, and in the pool.

Harper and I had reconnected in the way we had been hoping too, which would now carry on into our life at home. Date nights became a weekly occurrence, and a night we could look forward to, no matter how busy or stressed things could get with a young family. We could always rely on date nights to bring us back together as a unified force, and lay a little love on each other, just enough to get us through another week, or sometimes a few days, depending when and if the urge overcame us between dates, which it sometimes did, on the couch, in the shower, against the washer and dryer... well you get the picture.

***

When January came along, my contract was confirmed, and by April we would be moving... state, coast and home... to Oregon.

The West Coast was calling...