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Chewing my lip, I walked slowly down the hall to the den I always felt I was invading his space, but I couldn’t just let hio, and Ezra had to move on at some point

"Hello?" I asked and pushed the door open wider I’d expected to see Ezra sitting at the computer, but he lay on the sofa, his ar?" Ezra lifted his arm froed and leaned up against the doorframe I wanted to make sure he was okay, but that sounded silly to say Of course Ezra was okay He was Ezra "What are you doing?"

"I don’t know," he admitted He dropped his ar for abeyond the wood "I suppose it is ti’s going on"

"But you’re worried about me" He sat up and looked around his den, which was unusually messy Books and papers were strewn about, and a blanket lay ru on the couch, preferring the distressed leather to the e?" I asked

"No," he shook his head "But I’ve spent too aze onselfish and ridiculous You have real things toabout like a whiny child"

"Coether for over fifty years I can’t even fathom that"

"But she’s alive and happy Happier than I could make her" He breathed deeply and turned away from me "At least I have that"

"She’s not happier," I said "She just thinks she is, but she’s not"

"A child was the one thing I could never give her, and it was the one thing she wantedelse" He spoke so quietly, I barely heard him, and then he shook his head and looked back over atthat’s been happening?"

"Great," I shrugged "Everything is about as good as can be expected"

"Is it?" Ezra tilted his head, and his concern eted with the hem of my shirt

"Hi, honey, I’m home!" Jack shouted from the other side of the house, and I smiled in relief I didn’t want to delve into how I really felt, not even with Ezra

"Jack’s back," I said, as if Ezra hadn’t heard the saed back out the door, but I waited until he nodded before I sprinted down the hall

"Good, you’re here," Jack grinned when he sawroohan eyebrow

"I told you I did sorabbed my hand "Come on I wanna show you"