A Good Week
During that time, she could tell that Luke was trying to make a conscious effort to be more involved whenever he was home. His increased presence at home brought a fleeting sense of hope and normalcy back into their lives. He would still spend an extra hour at the gym every day, but she assumed he had just started some new routine.
Overall, life seemed to look up during that week. But it was that Saturday morning that everything came crashing down around her, shattering the fragile peace they had briefly found.