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We stood, watching, until they’d both vanished

Abruptly, I was back at BB&B, alone

I sank down onto the sofa and sighed

The iconic love affair was truly, irrevocably, over

The concubine was finally all she’d ever wanted to be: o on

With a heart that was heavy for too many reasons to count, I stretched out on the Chesterfield and waited for Barrons to co up beneath rief exploded insideso deeply we couldn’t breathe, and I knew a thing about breath--you didn’t need it when you had this kind of love

And you didn’t want it if you lost this kind of love

Once, what seeo, I’d decided to destroy the world because I’d lost this man I hadn’t oing to lose hi without hiic re off world withhi I tried, I knew I’d never fall in love again Where was I going to find another ularity And everycompared to what I’d loved and lost and, no, I didn’t believe one day I’d "get over hiet over

I was unable todeath I didn’t want to die But ifwith him for every minute I could, however brief, there was no contest

If there was an afterlife, I was taking o on with him Heaven or Hell I would live with this man and, by God, I would die with hi inside o off world with you and live until I died that first and last tiht have a natural life span together"

"Do you know that for certain?" I gasped as he thrust deep