The words on all the forms in front of Dan had been blurring together for an hour. He stayed at the desk anyway, because where else was he going to go? Jake was asleep and hopefully going to stay that way. And his bed was empty.
If there was anything in all this paperwork that was going to free Emily, his lawyer would have found it by now. She was good. But Emily was determined: this was about the rights of all supers, and she’d take it all the way to the Supreme Court if she had to.
Dan admired her for it, and wished for her strength. But he also missed her.
