Watching her holding the infant Peter felt a
swell in his throat, wishing it could be like this between them
again, always.
Kate sat down on the sofa.
"So, is it true?"
"Is what true?"
Freeing a hand, she picked up the newspaper and scanned the
article. "Here it is," she said. "Quote: 'I'm not going to work
as much as I used to. There are more important things in my life
now.' End quote."
"True," he said. "Totally."
"What about Ivy?"
He explained the arrangement they had made and the deal with ICP.
"Good for her. She's earned it."
Peter agreed, then sat quiet for a few moments, unsure how to say
what he wanted to say.
"What about us? You. I mean, is there any way I can earn you
back?"
Kate looked at him and smiled. She took his hand and held it in
her own, beneath Isle.
They sat there in silence for a while, adjusting to feeling one
another again after so long apart. After a minute or so it felt
to Peter as though they were breathing as one, the way they used
to, and along with this feeling his heart stirred, declaring
itself in an unfamiliar way, and he tensed.
"What is it?" she said.
"I'm scared," he said.
They kissed.
End of The Project Gutenberg Etext of "Undo", a novel by Joe Hutsko
COPYRIGHT 1996, by Joe Hutsko
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