if he was the slightest bit cross , they snapped together and suggested a thunderous temper that must have helped hin in the jobn of deputy chairman at the bank where he had met paige ." you're sweet to her . are you ready for the new arrival ?"
"paige is ," he replied ." she 's got it organized down to the last contraction ."
i gave roger his coffee , and he took a sip ." very good ." he replaced the cup on the saucer and his eye fell on barry , , who had cornered gisela ." did nathan protest when you returned to work fater the twins ?"
this was not a conversation hat i wished to conduct at this moment for i have been thinking about changes ."the twins were three , and it was only part time . so , no, , not at all ." i added ." at the moment ."
" of course not ," said roger ." he made the mistake with rose ."
i slept badly . the cold had crept into me , and i searched my mind for sources of warmth . i pictured myself as a void , filled with echoes from the past . i did not mind very much how others judged me , but i needed to make sense of my life , some connection , somewhere , somehow .
beside me , nathan was breathing deeply and a little laboriously . the price of a rich meal and good wine , i stroked his cheek . a gossamer touch . he stirred and moved away . my hand fell back to my side .
around four-thirty , i slipped out of bed , went down to the kitchen , and made myself a mug of mint tea . when i retunred upstairs , i poked my head around the door of twins bedroom .
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