Charlie and Claire held each other in front of the gate to Aurous Hill, and watched her walk down the terminal, looking back at him every other moment.
However, instead of feeling sadness, Charlie only felt a swell of emotion as he realized this was what a real marriage was like, and how everything changed so dramatically after that one step.
Claire was no longer cagey or frosty—she was suddenly tender, even clingy, so much so that she looked like she could cry from being apart briefly.
And