Maybe I should have taken my close call as a sign, retreated back to my room… But then he was moving, taking his hand away, and I nearly broke down and cried in my need. Xxnx “But even if we have to wait longer than I’d like, it’s still worth it. I couldn’t believe it. too long, really, and Mom never would have wanted him to be lonely, any more than I did. “You can stop pretending, you know,” he said, bending down and giving me a kiss in my hair. I could hardly believe the changes that the last twenty-four hours had brought into my life… Time after time, Mom and Daddy had asked me that when I was little.
