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“Once Johnson gets back we’ll take the trip That gives you guys enough tiether, doesn’t it?”

“More than enough,” Quinn agrees

He stands androom Finally

“You okay, Quinn? You don’t seem like yourself”

“There’s a lot going on I’”

“Seems like more than that—”

“I’m fine,” she snaps

Arching my eyebrow, I raise my hands in surrender “Okay”

“I’m sorry” She shakes her head “I’m stressed and overwhelmed I don’t mean to take it out on you”

“So say that No one expects you to be Super Woman”

“I do”

“Even Super Woman had back up and days off” I lean down “Yeah?”

“Yeah” Her lackluster answer concerns me Maybe she’s tired? The quiet spreads as the minutes tick by like molasses and we make sure the little we have is packed I want to probe, but I know she’ll shut ue and wonder if what I thought was the start of a new phase h more than most married couples experience in decades Part of me wants to push her away before she can hurt er portion, squashes the idea She’s never letdedication Life is bleak, but without her, it’s a total blackout

“I WANT TO SAY I’LL ,” Carter says as we shake hands in front of the Hilton hotel

“The feeling isus”