AFTERGLOW (30 page)

"What would a Mark I hero do?"

"You tell me, and that will go in the novel, too," she said, and leaned back in the circle of his arms, waiting for him to speak.

"I guess
I'm
feeling so happy and so sinfully relieved that I'll just have to sit here on the beach and contemplate my incredible good fortune."

She laughed.

David said, "Have I had the last word for once?"

"Don't hold your breath, Doctor," Chelsea said, and wrapped herself around him.

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