It took a moment for Sherry to catch her breath before she nodded against his shoulder, messing up her bangs.

"I was scared," she breathed. Her little heart felt like it was going to hammer itself out of her chest. She was also a little bumped and bruised from being jostled in the crowd, but she couldn't feel that under the incredible relief of being Dad-hugged. "I didn't want to be left behind."