asked.
“Free.”
He squeezed my hand.
“I’ve been thinking about staying here permanently.”
“Are you just thinking?”
“It depends on whether I have a reason.”
I smiled.
“Maybe so.”
Six months later, we bought a small house together. Our names appeared on all the documents because neither of us believed that a partnership required a person to disappear.
Aunt May moved in with us, claiming her house had become too difficult to maintain. Grant and I started a security consulting business that combined his investigative expertise with the strength I
