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She demanded, тАЬHeath, talk to me!тАЭ

Talk was the furthest thing from his desire.

тАЬPlease, tell me what you want!тАЭ

He could not; it was impossible; what he wanted was for her to know
without being told, and if he so much as said so, everything would be
spoiled.

Finally, she began to cry. тАЬYou donтАЩt love me any more.тАЭ

тАЬOh, Cara, of course I do!тАЭ He hugged her close. тАЬPlease donтАЩt cry. I
love you. I wish I could show you how much.тАЭ

She stilled in his arms. тАЬYouтАФyou mean it?тАЭ

тАЬYes. Loving you was all that got me through the war.тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ She hesitated, then lifted her head to look him in the eye. тАЬI
donтАЩt mind, IтАЩd understand, if youтАЩd found another girlfriend, or evenтАФeven
if you went to, you knowтАФтАЭ she faltered, barely whispered the word:
тАЬprostitutes.тАЭ

He shook his head. тАЬNever, Cara. ThereтАЩs never been anybody but
you. Never.тАЭ
 Understanding lit her face. тАЬThereтАЩs never been anybody but you for
me, either. So weтАЩre both virginsтАФthatтАЩs whyтАФoh, Heath, itтАЩs like before!
We just need time, thatтАЩs all! Time to learn how to please each other. And
we have plenty of time.тАЭ

When he agreed, she hugged him, then abruptly pulled herself free of
his embrace, rolled away from him, out of bed, and began dressing.

тАЬI have to check on Dad and get his dinner,тАЭ she explained. тАЬWeтАЩll
have to wait until bedtimeтАФthink you can manage to wait? Luckily, we go to
bed early in this house.тАЭ She flashed him a smile he could not recall seeing
from her before, sexy and mischievous, and he felt a stirring of arousal.
Maybe it would be all right.

He got up and dressed himself, determined to help. He followed Cara
downstairs to the kitchen, assisted her chiefly by being present as she
prepared a tray, and followed her back upstairs.

CaraтАЩs father sat in an upholstered hair and gazed through the curtain
of his bedroom window. He looked frail and tired and impossibly older than
he could actually be. A faint sour smell hung in the room. He only glanced at
Cara as she set the tray on a table beside his chair. Then he noticed Heath
standing behind her in the doorway, and started violently.