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"We should be happy, Rain We can be Ti different lives Maybe you can think of me as someone different now, huh?"

I shook my head

"Every time I think of you, Roy, I think about us back in DC, about you holdingme like an older brother Maybe it was a sick joke pulled on us, but that's hoere brought up It's not easy to erase thoseso different"

He stared, his eyes suddenly suspicious

"Do you have a boyfriend here?" he asked

"No," I said quickly

"But you did meet someone, didn't you?" he asked

"I thought so, but he's not what I expected him to be and ive my heart away easily, Roy I don't want to make a mistake If people were as extra careful about their love affairs as they are about their money or some of their other possessions, there would be less heartache in this world"

"I don't need to think to kno I feel about you, Rain, and e're good together and ould last forever and ever," he said

I smiled at him and nodded

"I know, Roy I appreciate that"

"Think you'll ever feel the same about me?"

"I don't know I don't knohat I'll feel like tomorrow, much less in the future," I said

He pressed his lips together and took a deep breath

"I guess I should take you back It's late and it's getting a little chilly," he said I could see the disappoint his eyes Why couldn't I make his dreams come true?