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“How does Jamie fit in?”
“He usually comes with me. Everyone here knows my situation…although I have occasionally left him with Liz.”
“You’ll leave him with Liz, but not with me?”
“That will change.” She rolled onto her side so she could study him.
He blinked at her.
“It will have to…unless…”
“Unless what?”
She didn’t reply.
“Unless I go away? That’s what you’re thinking, isn’t it? That I’ll end up getting bored and leaving?”
She bit her lip.
“It’s not happening. I’m staying.”
She wanted to believe him, although she didn’t. But since she didn’t want to start an argument, she asked him about the renovations to his barn, and while he talked, she drifted back to sleep.
