The next morning Carlyn drives Scott to Kansas City International Airport. She will join him in a week, after he has completed his preliminary tests. They wait at the Delta Air Lines gate, pretending life is normal. They sit next to each other on the plastic seats, facing a window. Spring sunshine streams in, leaving little pieces of lint drifting in beams of light.
People rush past, going places, coming home.
Scott and Carlyn linger together until the very last call for boarding. Saying goodbye is too hard. Scott stands up. Scott tight, not wanting to let him go. She isn't sure he'll ever come back.