The Russos 5 by D J Manly

Author:D J Manly [Manly, D J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1601800347
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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"What's wrong, Drake?" Francine asked him the next morning.

He had made love to her last night as if he were distracted by something. Maybe it was over already.

He was up, dressed and standing out on the balcony of her condo.

She wrapped her housecoat around her and came to stand beside him, then put her arms around him.

He didn't answer. Instead he turned around and kissed her on the forehead. He hated it when Johnny acted like that. Why did Mama have to say anything, anyway? He felt weary. Now that Johnny was getting better, he was beginning to feel like he had before the shooting.

"Ever consider ending it all?" he said, turning to look out over the ocean now.

"What?" she asked, shocked. "Do you feel like that?"

He nodded. "Often."

"God, why?"

"Because I have this pain that will never go away until I die. There's nothing I can do about it."

"Would you actually do it?" she breathed.

"Only if my pain grew more unbearable than the thought of what my death would do to him. Do you understand?"

"I don't think so. You mean you couldn't kill yourself because it would hurt...him...too much? Who is 'him'?"

"The man I love."

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