"When are you back?" She held her elbows on the bed and got up, but Keith gently pressed her shoulders and shook his head to let her lie down.

Cathryn did what she was told. She laid down, her watery eyes blinked with light, and stared at Keith as if to inhale him inside.

"I just arrived," Keith said. "Don't sleep in the study room, and the sofa is not comfortable."

He had told her this before, but Cathryn got used to waiting for him every day. Keith had asked John to ...