It must have taken an unimaginable amount of strength to ask it, more strength than either one of them thought she had by then. Nonetheless, she manag...d to ask ‘Promise me you’ll come back some day?’ as her eyes slipped three-quarters closed. ‘I promise,’ Burke said. Perhaps it was the truth, perhaps it was just a lie they both believed, perhaps it was just a lie she wanted to believe he believed. But it was enough. Maggie’s eyes closed, and she was gone. Friends, work, stress, worries, cares,. Is it okay if I go up and lie down with him? I didn’t sleep well last night either.”I turned to Kala and said, “Damn! I wish you loved me like that!”She smiled and said, “Build me a computer and we’ll talk.”I told Sam to go ahead. Then I attacked Kala. We went out to the patio and stripped down. It’s already pretty warm so we sat under the awning. I pulled Kala into my lap. She rested her head on my shoulder and said, “I had trouble sleeping, too. Punch me if I start to snore.”I kissed her. “This is Half-Moon, my woman,” Big Ed stated in the form of an introduction. “I think she can organize the other women to help out while you and I go and did those graves. She can also get a meal going. Those bastards didn’t feed us last night, or this morning and I’m hungry.”Ben could live with that idea. He was hungry as well and it would be nice to have something in his stomach later on, once all the work was done. He agreed and then turned to speak to Cecily to suggest that she help out. At lunch, she started to cry a little and I asked if she was okay and if it was Steve. Becky said "No, if he wants a divorce, let him have it. I am just so happy that I have such good friends. You and Kelly have helped me so much and I am just so glad that I know you two." For the next few weeks, Becky would ride in with me and I would drop her off at work and pick her up. Her hours were close to mine, so it worked out. The hardest part was trying not to stare at her. She wore some short.