your perfect husband who Margaret is.”
The name caught somewhere in my memory.
Then I remembered.
“The nurse?”
Danny went completely still.
Helen gave a bitter little laugh.
“Yes. Ask him about his nurse.”
Danny ignored her.
“She helped me after I was injured. She saved my life.”
“That’s all?”
“That’s all.”
Helen shook her head.
“Then tell her how long Margaret kept saving you.”
“Enough!”
Danny almost never raised his voice.
That frightened me more than the shouting itself.
Then his voice softened.
“Sweetheart, after fifty-five years, are you