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Re a we that included Jesse when speaking with her parents She'd already told them about her relationship with hi parental naturalness

It actually felt great He was now next to her, reading aher hand

She suddenly felt a thrill of enlightenment She had some reasons to be preoccupied, but also to be happy and relaxed She was everyday finding in this er support in a ten times more complicated situation than she'd ever found in David, hom she'd spent several years of her life

"Do you think Mac will be fine in there?" she asked

He kissed her

"He's fine He's sleeping He's lucky to have you in his life"

She knew she'd regret it later, but she couldn't stop herself fro

"Are you really this sweet, or will you eventually turn out to be… some other way?"

"Only if you do," he answered, with no hint of the teasing she'd so detested in David every tirave and sincere response

She sat back, stretched her legs and tried to enjoy the fact that, whatever life was to bring, right at this moment she was in love and loved