God knows we’ve lived together long enough.”
“I do care about you, Esteban. There was no
one else I wanted to see as much as you tonight, but we’re both raw
right now. We just lost my parents. We would do anything for them
right now, and maybe we need to make sure of what we want also. We
agreed when I went to Cairo that we would wait and see what
happened. Let’s keep doing that for a bit, at least until we are
back on our feet.”
“Okay,” Esteban said, kissing the top of my
head. “You should know though that I will keep wooing you for a
bit. Now that you’re home, I plan to show you just how glad I am
that you're here. Is that fair?”
“That’s fair," I said, noticing that we had
finally reached the entrance gates to Passenger Hall, my family's
rural Virginia estate, an estate that had been in my father’s
family for generations. 4:
Home
The trees that lined the mile-long driveway seemed
dark and protective as we drove to the house. Old brick and three