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Myron closed his eyes. Emily rolled over and put her hand on his chest. Myron didn’t move. She leaned toward him and kissed his cheek. Then she rolled away so that her back was to him again.
“Is it okay if I just stay here and sleep? I won’t—”
“Yeah,” Myron said, his voice thick. “You can stay.”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Early the next morning Myron and Jeremy headed back to New York City in Emily’s car. Myron drove.
“So,” Jeremy said. “About last night…”
Myron’s grip on the wheel tightened.
“Mom probably thought she was being quiet when she tiptoed back from the guest wing. She forgets I’m military.”
“Nothing happened.”
“Uh-huh.”
“She just fell asleep.”
“If you think I’m upset by it—”
“Doesn’t matter what I think. She slept next to me. That’s all.”
“Okay.”
“We will always be connected,” Myron said.
“Let me guess. Because of me?”
“It’s a good reason to be connected.”
“The best. But she needs someone.”
“That someone won’t be me.”
“Don’t you have any friends who’d be good for her?”
Myron thought about it. “Not one. I know a lot of terrific single women your mother’s age. I don’t know one single guy my age worthy of them.”
“Sad but true,” Jeremy said. “So about my dad.”
My dad, Myron repeated in his head. “What about him?”
“Visiting hours start at eleven a.m.”
“We’ll be in the city by nine.”
“Where’s your office again?”
“Park and 47th Street.”
“I have an army pal who works in the MetLife Building next door. Okay if I visit him before we head over?”
“Sure.”
Jeremy took out a set of AirPods and put them in his ears. “I’m still adjusting to the time change. Do you mind if I close my eyes?”
