Chapter 3
“We can both lie down,” he said. “We haven’t had much time to do that together lately when one of us hasn’t been dead to the world.”
Jesse almost balked. He didn’t want to lie down, because he didn’t want to risk falling asleep. But at the same time, he didn’t want to lose this opportunity. Gideon was right. It felt like the quiet time they had together bordered on nonexistent.
“Okay. But didn’t you just wake up?”
He smiled. “Who said anything about sleeping?”
Jesse returned his smile, his fingertips tingling with anticipation. For the first time that day, he felt like he actually had some energy and focus. There were some things Jesse knew they couldn’t do—and he couldn’t dwell on that fact because it made everything that much worse—but that didn’t mean everything was out of bounds.
“Do you want me to shut down everything up here, or do you want me to go downstairs?”
Gideon held out a hand to him. “Leave it. I’ve missed my boy.”