"Just come back to visit," Joel says and he's still smiling, but he finds his throat is a little tight at the thought of Aoife leaving and just never coming back. He isn't sure when it happened, when he found himself feeling so attached to her, but now that it's done there really isn't any undoing it. And he doesn't think he would want to. "That's all. Even if it's just me. Even if you become a rich and famous architect, at least remember there's someone here who'd still like to see you every so often."

He'd prefer more often than that, but he can't ask her not to pursue her dreams just because he'll miss her. He just hopes she knows he will.