Which means both that he had enough faith in her to wait here for over a month, and that surely, his family must know why. She feels, suddenly, like a leaky faucet, because she very nearly starts to get weepy all over again. "Tommy--"

She manages to fight off any further tears, but she drops his hand to wrap both her arms around the one of his nearest her, pressing her face briefly into his shoulder. Even when she looks up again, she keeps walking like that, clasping his arm tightly.