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do.”
    “I agree. I think it’s time you went back to
work at the office, Johnny. If we have to be in constant
communication in the meantime, until we both feel a little more
secure, we’ll do it. But you have responsibilities. I know you’re
still working on this thing with Senator Sanderfield’s campaign
contributions. Zack needs to have easy access to you while he
prepares to try Melissa Sherman for her role in what happened to me
and God only knows how many other innocent victims. I’m not your
only responsibility.”
    “You’re the only one that matters,” he said
softly. “Helen, what if I’m not ready to go back? What if being
away from you for even five minutes is too long? I won’t be any use
to anyone, not Joe or Zack or OSI.”
    “I was in the shower for 20 minutes. You did
just fine.”
    “I didn’t know you were gone,” he said.
“What if something had happened because you sneaked off while I was
sleeping?”
    “Right,” I shook my head slowly. “I might’ve
been sucked down the shower drain. Johnny, I know your concerns
weren’t unfounded, but we can’t keep doing this. At some point,
you’ve got to trust me to be alone. I’m not distracted anymore. If
anything, I’m still pretty damned paranoid.”
    “I’ll probably call you a million times and
get less done today than I would if we just stayed home,” he
grumbled. “But you’ve made your point.”
    If I were a wise woman, I’d grab the
identity Johnny offered me. I’d be content to be his wife, and a
mother. I’d leave the nagging questions Andy Gillette left me with
unanswered. I don’t think I’ve ever aspired to wisdom. I know I’ve
never claimed that particular virtue.
    “Johnny, the real point is that I’ll come
home, we’ll have a quiet dinner together. You can start putting
baby furniture into the nursery.”
    “Have we decided which room we’re
using?”
    “I’m not putting our baby upstairs,” I said.
“I thought we’d use the guest room down here. Of course, that’s too
far away too, so for the time being, I thought maybe you could move
my gym equipment to that guest room and we’d put the baby over
there.” I pointed to the wall that separated the exercise room from
the master bedroom.
    “You want our baby’s nursery to be
accessible through the bathroom?” Johnny shook his head and
laughed. “Honey, why don’t we have a room built onto this one? It
wouldn’t have to be very large.”
    “I’ve got ten million rooms already.”
    “Then let’s use this little sitting area
over here,” Johnny pointed to the space that would be more than
adequate if the furniture was removed.
    “I should make some measurements before I
leave. You’re right. That space would be perfect.”
    “Hey,” Johnny gripped my wrist. “Promise
that you’ll call me. A lot?”
    “I’ll call so often that you’ll start
feeling like you’re shopping with us.”
    “Which isn’t such a bad idea, Helen. I could
clear my schedule today and tag along.”
    “Would that be to make you feel more secure
or me?”
    “A little bit of both, I guess,” he said.
Johnny’s eyes fluttered shut. “I know you’re right. It’s hard to
let go and cope with the worry.”
    “It won’t be easy for me either. We have to
do this, Johnny. You wanted me to face what happened to me, to move
past it. Now you have to let me do it.”
    “Wish it didn’t have to be today.”
    “We could make a compromise,” I suggested.
“When I finish at lunch with Tony, you could meet me here at home
and we could spend all afternoon together.”
    “This is gonna be the longest morning ever.
Call me when you’re done with lunch. I’ll be here when you get
home.”
    I was nervous, leaving the house without
Johnny. My eyes darted frequently to the rearview mirror – just to
be sure that no one was following me. Gillette’s threat loomed
large in my mind. Already owned, whether I new it or not. It was
only a matter of time.
    They tried to