CHAPTER 80
They didn’t make it past the Adirondack chairs. Which had the advantage of letting Jeff put his feet up and the disadvantage of keeping them too far apart to do more than hold hands.
“She’s an amazing young woman, Mand. You should be proud of her. Really.”
They watched the stars for a while.
“I am. I’ve just never been able to tell her.”
Big Dipper. Orion. Taurus.
“Tell her about you,” Mandy’s voice was as soft as the honeyed night.
“About me? What about me? I left when she was five. She doesn’t even remember the man who gave her the crystal polar bear.”
Canus Major. Sirius. The dog star. The faithful follower of Orion.
“Were we ever so young?”
Jeff grimaced, glad of the dark that would hide his expression. He certainly had been and had thought he was right. No, he’d k
