Jack looks at Lily.

JACK: "Which promise, pumpkin?"

Lily takes the old photograph from her pocket.

She points at the stars embroidered on his military cap.

LILY: "Mommy said you made a promise before you left."

Jack takes a slow breath.

JACK: "I promised that whenever you looked up at the stars, you could remember I was thinking about you."

Lily nods, but she is not finished.

LILY: "There was something else."

Jack searches his memory.

Then he remembers.

A quiet night in their little house.

Sarah holding their baby by the window.

Jack pressing his hand against the glass.

Three soft taps.

He looks at Lily.

JACK: "Three taps meant three people who would always belong together."

He taps the bench.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

JACK: "Mommy. Daddy. Lily."

Lily's lower lip trembles.

Then Jack adds something Sarah has never mentioned.

JACK: "And after the third tap, I always whispered, 'The sky can never be too big for our love.'"

Sarah gasps.

She remembers those exact words.

But she never included them in Lily's bedtime stories.

Lily has not heard the phrase before.

SARAH: "Jack… I forgot about that part."

Jack smiles sadly.

JACK: "I never did."

Lily studies him.

The photograph.

His scar.

His missing arm.

His eyes.

The man in front of her is not the same as the photograph.

But she is beginning to understand that both can be her father.

LILY: "Did you forget how to hug?"

Jack's chest tightens.

JACK: "No, sweetheart."

LILY: "Even with one arm?"

Jack shakes his head.

JACK: "A hug doesn't have to be perfect to be real."

Lily steps forward.

Then stops.

A tear runs down her cheek.

LILY: "I'm scared."

Jack kneels.

JACK: "That's okay. You don't have to hug me today if you're not ready."

She looks at him in surprise.

LILY: "You won't be mad?"

JACK: "Never."

LILY: "Even if I still don't know?"

JACK: "Even then."

Lily wipes her eyes.

CHAPTER END HOOK: A boarding announcement echoes overhead. Lily suddenly notices Jack picking up his duffel bag.

LILY (panicking): "Are you leaving again?"