“They cleaned me up,” she said, “but it was all over me and I think they missed some here.” Her hand went to her throat. “And here.”
He decided to wait on telling her that his folks were bringing Kit…
Mom’s job is making it so people can believe what they want.
Broker shifted from foot to foot, fresh out of tricks. Well, so much for keeping things in compartments. After Vietnam he’d vowed he’d never allow his heart to be broken again.
So much for vows.
“I love you,” he said. He held her hand and said it over and over.
He sat with her all night. She had never seen him cry before and he wondered if, later, she would remember it.