After dinner, Lucas, Amy, and Miley hugged everyone goodbye and left since they still had to unpack and get ready for work the following day.
Dawn, Jamal, Lucy, and Tom retired to the Den after seeing them off in their car.
In the den, Dawn sat curled up beside Jamal on the couch with his arm around her shoulder. Across from them, Tom and Lucy sat close together, Lucy's head resting lightly against Tom's shoulder, their hands intertwined.
For a while, they sat in comfortable silence as they watched the television, then when the show ended, Tom spoke.
"So, Dawn," he said gently, turning to her. "Where do you want to work? Are you still taking your time to think things through, or have you decided what you want to do?"
Dawn blinked, surprised by the sudden question.
"Now that the Bees are back to school, and Lucy and I will be away at work during the day, you'd be home alone," Tom explained when he saw her surprised confusion.
