I saw Emma come down the escalator from the arrival gates. She had a backpack cinched tightly and a smile on her face as she saw me and Natalia waiting for her. Her long legs accelerated and lengthened their stride as she came over to us and the three of us melded into a comfortable group hug. Anyone looking at the bundle of humanity would have initially thought we were two parents greeting their daughter who was coming home from college for a long weekend.
We were joking and laughing as we went down the corridor and out to the parking garage to get into the rental car. We threw Emma’s bags in back and then started talking about the weekend’s plans of Emma being dominated by both of us. Natalia and I had arrived at the three bedroom mountain cabin we had rented from AirBnB for the weekend that morning and we had spent the day laying out our plans and fantasies.