‘I’m so sorry, Ali,’ he said, a slight sob in his voice. ‘I… I’m so sorry…’ ‘Hey, sweetheart… Shhh… It’s okay, Billy. It’s o...ay… You have nothing to be sorry about. Absolutely nothing.’ ‘I never wanted to scream in front of you,’ he said. ‘I… I never wanted to—’ ‘Billy,’ I said. ‘It’s okay. I have loved you no less since your mom was here. You had every right to be mad at her.’ He began stammering. ‘I… I just… She… It’s just… I…’ ‘Do you wanna talk about it?’ I asked. It took a moment for him. ’ Melissa nodded. ‘I know. I was there, though I hung back because I didn’t want to intrude. God he was so nervous…’ ‘I told him he was dead to me.’ ‘I know.’ ‘Was that why he never tried contacting me again after?’ Melissa shook her head. ‘Honestly? I think even after all the changes that he’d made, even after all the work he’d put in, he believes you’re better off without him. He is utterly broke. Still unemployed, although he volunteers full-time at the homeless shelter where he used to. "How do we know that he has not been planted to spy on us?" Anne-Marie said quietly. "You don't, but I do, I would not have brought him this far if I was not 100% sure of him."Anne-Marie seemed exasperated. Colonel I need to start working again, I have been in contact with a new partisan group, and can not be in two places at the same time. I must make contact again with this group soon, or they will become suspicious. I need to infiltrate them quickly if I am to do my work effectively and if. Bye.”“Alicia, Madge said you need to be there and sign the papers, since you are a co-buyer.”“I thought we decided you would buy the house, and I would move in later.”“Yeah, we did decide that, but I forgot about the Title Company preparing the paperwork in both of our names. I want to get this done, so let’s get a check for the Title Company tomorrow, and just do it the way we set it up originally. I don’t see what difference it will make.”“That’s fine with me, Jeb. Should we move in.