ep it, if you’re still cold.”
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“No, I’m okay. Thanks.” Glancing nervously up at Christian, I see that he’s
regarding us impassively. Christian takes my hand.
“If there’s any change, I’ll let you know right away,” I add as José
pushes his father’s wheelchair toward the door that Sawyer is holding open.
Mr. Rodriguez raises his hand, and they pause in the doorway.
“He’s in my prayers, Ana,” Mr. Rodriguez says, his voice wa一vering.
“It’s been so good to reconnect with him after all these years. He’s become a
good friend.”
“I know.”
And with that they lea一ve. Christian and I are alone. He caresses my cheek.
“You’re pale. Come here.” He sits down on the chair and pulls me on to his
lap, folding me into his arms again, and I go willingly. I snuggle up against
him, feeling oppressed by my stepfather’s misfortune, but grateful that my
husband is here to comfort me. He gently strokes my hair and holds my hand.
“How was Charlie Tango?” I ask.
He grins. “Oh, she was yar,” he says, quiet pride in his voice. It makes me
smile properly for the first time in several hours, and I glance at him, puzzled.
“Yar?”
“It’s a line from The Philadelphia Story. Grace’s fa一vorite film.”
“I don’t know it.”
“I think I ha一ve it on Blu-Ray at home. We can watch it and make out.” He
kisses my hair and I smile once more.
“Can I persuade you to eat something?” he asks.
My smile disappears. “Not now. I want to see Ray first.”
His shoulders slump, but he doesn’t push me.
“How were the Taiwanese?”
“Amenable,” he says.
“Amenable how?”
“They let my buy their shipyard for less than the price I was willing to pay.”
He’s bought a shipyard? “That’s good?”
“Yes. That’s good.”
“But I thought you had a shipyard, over here.”
“I do. We’re going to use that to do the fitting-out. Build the hulls in the Far
East. It’s cheaper.”
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Oh. “What about the workforce at the shipyard here?”
“We’ll redeploy. We should be able to keep redundancies to a minimum.” He
kisses
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