The door hadn’t even shut behind him yet, and Ben already missed her. He missed her more with

The door hadn’t even shut behind him yet, and Ben already missed her.
He missed her more with every step he took toward his car, one foot in front of the other as he walked toward his future. A future that he hoped would be free of malice and corruption—one that he actually wanted to be part of, that he’d actually want to live instead of just survive.