” I added quickly, “Kids would love to have you with us.”She hesitated, “You sure? I wouldn’t want to put you out or anything.”“Don’t ...e silly, we’d all love to have you. Maybe you’ll see some new country, too.”Okay, if you’re sure… you want me to come to your place?”That made sense. That way we wouldn’t have to run her home to Mountain Home when we get back. “Sure, we’ll leave when you get here. Don’t worry about breakfast, we’ll stop at McDonald’s and grab something on our way.” Then I. ”Ed looked very surprised to hear that. He had assumed that John had never had a tough day in his life. He asked, “You used to drink?”“Oh, yes. I quit drinking the night my brother wrapped his car around a telephone pole.”“I’m sorry, I didn’t know.” That revelation surprised him. It was then he realized that he didn’t really know much about John’s past other than the heroic activities.“No problem,” replied John. “It took me a long time to come to grips with it. I guess the day I died was the. Our bed was quite high, so often stuff would go missing and Sarah would ask me to crawl under the bed to check if some of her things would be there. Most of the times there was nothing but dust and a few old socks, but from time to time I would find a missing earring after crawling under the bed completely. I leaned over my side of the bed to have a look at how far I had pushed my phone away already when I saw another phone on the ground on the other side of the bed.Excited, I leapt over to. ." What?", he asked cautiously, not believing he had hear right."Please, Jon. I need to forget...", she replied with a look of quiet desperation in her eyes.Jon's mind raced. Help me, he sent up a silent prayer. Don't let me hurt her...His lips settled on her delicately, softly questing. She lay in his arms passively, without even a glimmer of a response. Jonathan let his instincts guide him, kissing her with all the feelings he felt for her, hoping that that was enough... And then suddenly,.