to tell me.”
I looked at him.
“Both.”
He nodded.
Then he said,
“I don’t want to go.”
I felt my chest tighten.
“I want to stay here.”
He looked around the room.
“I built this house.”
“I know.”
“But I don’t want to be the reason you disappear either.”
He paused.
“I watched Gerald do that to Patricia. I promised myself I would never let that happen to you.”
“The home-care agency starts Monday,” I said. “Karen arranged it with me.”
David glanced toward the kitchen where we could
