You know what I was doing while I drove home from the station?
Watching the road, I hope.
Counting... Counting all the times you and I have stayed up all night nursing one of the kid's fevers. Guess how many.
Couldn't begin to.
Well, go ahead, try.
17.
That's right. How'd you know?
I don't know. I guess after all our years together, I-I can read your mind.
Guess you can. What am I thinking now?
You're thinking there's no place like home?
You're very good at this, you know? You should set up a booth on the boardwalk.
And you're thinking about our life together and... and everything we've been through. And how hard it would be to turn your back on that, however tempting it might be.
Has it been that obvious?
The words "open book" mean anything to you?
Sorry, Elyse, I've been acting like a real child.
No. No, you haven't. You... you've been acting like a grown man facing midlife. I-I'll probably act the same way when I get to be your age.
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