And every evening, when he arrived home, he knocked on the front door three times.
Even though he had a key.
One afternoon, Laura asked Ashley why her father continued doing that.
The little girl smiled.
“So I always know it’s Daddy.”
Then she added softly:
“And so I know he made it home.”
On the refrigerator hung a drawing Ashley had made.
It showed her father, a police officer, and all the neighbors who had helped them.
Across the top, she’d written:
EVERYTHING IS FOR LOVE.
And underneath:
AND NOBODY DOES IT ALONE.
