Chapter 28

We lay in bed a long time, face to face, with our arms around each other. Finally, he said, “I’m sorry.”

“For what?”

“Subjecting you to that.”

“It was something that you obviously needed to get out of your system,” I said. “Who better to help you through it than someone who loves you?”

“You’re right, of course. I know that at an intellectual level. Understanding and dealing with it at an emotional level, however, is another matter.” He squeezed me. “I really thought that I’d never be able to feel anything for anyone again.” He smiled and said, “I still don’t know where I found the guts to make that silly bargain with you Thursday night.”

“Yes, you do,” I said. “You even alluded to it earlier.”

“Oh yes,” he said, remembering. “I found it in your eyes, didn’t I?”