The Outsider
“Gradually the tension drained from his shoulders and the creases smoothed around his closed eyes. His breathing altered from harsh snatches to deep sighs of relief as he began to tread water on his own. She continued to support him, not because he needed it, but because she was rewarded by the connection.No man had ever depended upon her before.No man had ever said he loved her before, either, no one except her mother, just before she’d disappeared. She’d had but a fleeting time to experience t...hat love, and now she was afraid to when the chance came again.She didn’t want to love the man she’d married. She didn’t want to be drawn into caring about him, into feeling his pain, into sharing his dreams, because if she lost him, she’d die. It was that simple.“I want you to go back to the doctor in the morning.”Dodge didn’t open his eyes. “I already told you there’s nothing he can do. If it were up to him, I’d be in a wheelchair or under his knife. But dead either way, to my thinking.”“Then we’ll go to another doctor.MoreLess
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