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“I know you didn’t I initiated it I didn’t have to ask you to stay withelse I know that But I don’t think we should be doing that again Not now” She heaved a heavy sigh, her gaze lowering to the plate of stea food

“A It’s natural to want to coood, to connect And it’s been a long ti, hasn’t it? It’s essentially the continuation of soot to finish”

“I don’t know I feel … wrong”

“You shouldn’t feel asha, nooutside of it I know you’re a self-sacrificing type, that you give everything you have to help not only those close to you, but everyone But there’s nothing we could have been doing otherwise”

Aaze up toon in , Quint I can’t stop it It’s all jumbled up insideon at the sarateful, I’ret what happened between us, but feeling good feels wrong I don’t kno to feel Quint, I think Iit I’m sorry I know I make no sense, yet I can’t stop it”

He hugged her close, held her tightly, and she wrapped her ar deeply of his warm body “It’s okay, sweet one It’s okay You’re overwhelmed, that’s all”

“I think I’m an irrational lunatic”

“No, you’re aherself for what happened”

“It was all h All of it”

“It’s not,” Quint said with more than a little heat “It’s simply not”

She sed hard and fought down the tide of rising panic “I think we should stop having sex until we’ve got Hampton back Okay?”

“Of course, A but respect for that If you change your ht But you’re probably right — it’s best to focus our energies elsewhere”

She nodded, and he kissed her lightly on the top her head before releasing her and returning to the stove to cook his own oe bowl of fresh fruit

Ale Emotions continued to roil inside her, but she had theain, for now

Quint finished his omelet, plated it and sat beside her “If I don’t hear froain It’ll da The longer we do, the longer we’re without our son So, let’s have breakfast and start thinking of things we can do to ”