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He nods as he watches her clean up her mug and set it aside. “I’ll try to distract myself then.” Larry relents, leaning over and giving her a gentle kiss. He takes another sip of his coffee until the contents are drained from the mug. Instead of washing his mug, he goes over to refill it, having not had a wink of sleep the previous night.

“I’ll be in my office if you need me, okay?” He looks down at her deliberately, knowing full well that her thoughts would get the best of her eventually and she would lie in bed crying. This wasn’t something they could go through on their own and he was making a conscious effort to use her support when she offered it. And he only hoped she would do the same.

       At his words, Ally nods before looking up at him. “Okay baby,” she responds, leaning up to peck his lips lightly before turning to head upstairs. Once her feet hit the top of the stairs, the blonde pauses to look towards Julian’s room. After a few seconds of just staring at the door, Ally sighs and takes a few steps forward to look inside. 

She instantly saw Matthew, who was asleep in the bed, surrounded by the dogs. With a decent amount of hesitation, she backs up and finishes her walk to their room, a heaviness in her heart settling in shortly after. “What a nightmare…” She murmurs, before climbing into the bed and dropping down face first into her pillow.