CHAPTER 30
Now it's all in your hands, and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them all on me as much as you like
-Lamb, "All in Your Hands"
"When…" began Rafe uneasily. "Ian's wife…. When did she… pass?"
"Uh, a couple months ago, the same day you left," Alison explained.
"Did she-"
He paused a moment before continuing.
"Did she go with me?"
Biting her lip nervously, Alison nodded.
"Did I-"
Rafe blinked away the tears that had begun developing in his hazel eyes.
"Did- Did I take her with me?"
Wiping away tears of her own, Alison nodded again.
"You didn't know it was going to be Eve. You just knew it would be someone…"
She couldn't bring herself to say any more. She just couldn't…
Startled, Rafe gathered up his jacket and stood.
"Please tell Lucy and Ian that I really…"
He scoffed, smiling bitterly.
"…enjoyed meeting them… and the kids."
Alison smiled weakly, her baby-blues glistening with tears.
"I just- I need to go somewhere quiet and think."
Sniffling, Alison nodded and led him to the front door.
"Let me know if there's anything you need," she urged him, placing a sympathetic hand on his arm. "Anything."
Rafe managed a small smile of his own.
"You'll be the first person I call," he said, dropping a light kiss on her cheek before walking out the door.
Alison silently shut the door behind him.
Leaning against its wooden frame, she touched her cheek - the same one he'd kissed only seconds earlier - and whispered, "I love you, Rafe Kovich, whether you remember me or not. I love you."
Now it's all in your hands, and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them all on me as much as you like
-Lamb, "All in Your Hands"
"When…" began Rafe uneasily. "Ian's wife…. When did she… pass?"
"Uh, a couple months ago, the same day you left," Alison explained.
"Did she-"
He paused a moment before continuing.
"Did she go with me?"
Biting her lip nervously, Alison nodded.
"Did I-"
Rafe blinked away the tears that had begun developing in his hazel eyes.
"Did- Did I take her with me?"
Wiping away tears of her own, Alison nodded again.
"You didn't know it was going to be Eve. You just knew it would be someone…"
She couldn't bring herself to say any more. She just couldn't…
Startled, Rafe gathered up his jacket and stood.
"Please tell Lucy and Ian that I really…"
He scoffed, smiling bitterly.
"…enjoyed meeting them… and the kids."
Alison smiled weakly, her baby-blues glistening with tears.
"I just- I need to go somewhere quiet and think."
Sniffling, Alison nodded and led him to the front door.
"Let me know if there's anything you need," she urged him, placing a sympathetic hand on his arm. "Anything."
Rafe managed a small smile of his own.
"You'll be the first person I call," he said, dropping a light kiss on her cheek before walking out the door.
Alison silently shut the door behind him.
Leaning against its wooden frame, she touched her cheek - the same one he'd kissed only seconds earlier - and whispered, "I love you, Rafe Kovich, whether you remember me or not. I love you."