”Rose’s expression remained frozen, but I could almost hear her question, and I answered with an exasperated sigh.“Why? Because, in it, you are ...live, Rose! It is the only one where I can see you in life! The only one in which I can touch your face! For all its horror, it is the only time I’m really able to be with you! For that reason alone, I never want it to stop. Does that make sense to you?”I shook my head and caressed her cheek again.“Other dreams haunt my nights, Rose. Sometimes I see. They used to be polite toeach other and worked together, but now... now... they were truly ahappy family and they showered love onto each other without restraint.Marni became antsy and reached down from Stevie, wanting to go to Gerry,so he reached up as Stevie handed the baby down. "I want auntie," Milacomplained, seeing her step-sister and cousin getting Gerry's attention,so Taylor put her down and she ran to Gerry as well. Then Evelyninsinuated herself back onto the chaise lounge next to. Robert reached out a toe and kicked it back into the fireplace. Silence reigned. They both sipped their cognac. It should have been peaceful, but a tension gripped him. ‘There is one thing I regret,’ Clara said suddenly. ‘I hear married ladies whispering and laughing about the intimacies of the bedroom, and it annoys me that they know something I don’t.’ He looked at her, startled. She continued, staring at the fire. ‘I’ve read the books, of course, and – ‘ She broke off, flushing darkly. ‘But. With the day he had had yesterday, it was kind of hard to remember things. He was beginning to feel a mite bit fuzzy himself as he sang the alphabet with Big Bird and Snuffy. How the hell could he resist singing with Muppets -- especially when he was laid up with bandages covering most of his body -- including the part that planted his seed? Not being able to have the chance to make babies for several weeks was going to be his end; he just knew it was. If only he had not gotten out of bed.