Fools Rush in
“"Yes, for three years. The same as Elise." Max was still staring at her strangely. Not knowing what else to say, she lifted one shoulder in a dismissive shrug.
"Your sister is a widow," he said a moment later. "Does that mean you are also?" "No. But my divorce from Andre became final two weeks after Tommy died," Erin replied with a sad smile. She tried to keep her voice neutral, but some of the old pain had crept in. Uncomfortable, she turned and stared out the window at the darkness.
T...he flight attendant came by and took their cups, and when she'd gone Max reached up and clicked off the overhead lights. The resulting dimness added a touch of intimacy that seemed to separate them from the other passengers, enclosing them in a tiny, private world of their own.
"So what happened?" he said in the gentlest of voices.
Erin started to tell him that it was none of his business, but when she met his eyes and saw the tenderness there, the caring, she succumbed to his coaxing.MoreLess
"Your sister is a widow," he said a moment later. "Does that mean you are also?" "No. But my divorce from Andre became final two weeks after Tommy died," Erin replied with a sad smile. She tried to keep her voice neutral, but some of the old pain had crept in. Uncomfortable, she turned and stared out the window at the darkness.
T...he flight attendant came by and took their cups, and when she'd gone Max reached up and clicked off the overhead lights. The resulting dimness added a touch of intimacy that seemed to separate them from the other passengers, enclosing them in a tiny, private world of their own.
"So what happened?" he said in the gentlest of voices.
Erin started to tell him that it was none of his business, but when she met his eyes and saw the tenderness there, the caring, she succumbed to his coaxing.MoreLess
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