to know. And . . . so do I.”
I nod and he releases my hands. He’s the one up and pacing now, back
and forth behind the coffee table. It’s as if he’s having to work up the
courage to find his own words and that’s making me even
more
nervous.
He sits in the chair again. “Lily? Do you remember the night we met?”
I nod.
“You remember when I walked out onto the roof? How angry I was?”
I nod again. He was kicking the chair. It was before he knew marine-
grade polymer was virtually indestructible.
“Do you remember my naked truth? What I told you about that night
and what caused me to be so angry?”
I lean my head down and think back to that night and to all the truths
he told me. He said marriage repulsed him. He was only into one-night
stands. He never wanted to have kids. He was mad about a patient he’d
lost that night.
I start nodding. “The little boy,” I said. “That’s why you were mad,
because a little boy died and it upset you.”
He blows out a quick breath of relief. “Yes. That’s why I was mad.” He
stands up again and it’s like I see his entire soul crumble. He presses his
palms against his eyes and fights back tears. “When I told you about what
happened to him, do you remember what you said to me?”
I feel like I’m about to cry and I don’t even know why yet. “Yes. I told
you I couldn’t imagine what something like that will do to that little boy’s
brother. The one who accidentally shot him.” My lips start to tremble.
“And that’s when you said, ‘
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