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“We talked about it,” he told his ood,” his hs?”

Josh shrugged “Not really It was about e expected The guilt nearly ate her alive, but I think she’s finally co she could have done That it wasn’t her fault, all that good stuff”

“I kneould just take so you or any of us could have done but give her a bit of space”

“I know,” he said quietly

He’d never bla with the rest of theht be a match And yes, his own heart had sunk a full foot when news caone on a donor list And he’d gotten lucky Jamie hadn’t been a match, but someone else had

Josh’s new reality was remission, and as far as his family knew, a relapse was near impossible The truth was between Josh and his doctors

His own private reality, and one he wouldn’t wish on any other person he cared about

“Can I recruit Dad to take over on drying duty?” Josh asked “I’ maybe I should rescue Heather Grandma just started a sentence with, ‘in my day’ I think maybe we’ve subjected her to plenty of Tanner time for her first visit”

“Her first visit, huh? So there will be others?” histhe towel on the counter “I’hed “Okay, fine Let me at least send some pie ho their good-byes at the front door, they had a hell of a lot more than pie Turkey, white for hiravy, and his grandmother’s reminder that they should both learn to take sestion

Josh hugged his faenuine, full-body hug, rather than the stilted, forotten comfortable with his falad

He liked seeing her like this Easy Relaxed Happy

“You want ed to escape his fa down the quiet street toward the train station