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Оглавление“I don’t like to talk about my past,” Jesse said.
“Me, neither.” Maddie’s focus rested on something beyond the laundry room. “I’m trying to concentrate on the future, on my new life.”
“As a widow, you mean?” Jesse didn’t quite understand why but Maddie had suddenly tensed, as if whatever was in her past was painful.
“More as a new person, an independent person who is strong enough to build a good life for herself and her son.” She frowned. “I’m trying to forget my past but—sometimes it seems like there are things you’ll never be able to forget. Do you know what I mean?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “In a way I suppose I’m trying to do the same.”
“To forget the boy you feel you failed.” Maddie said it gently, as if she thought the words would hurt him, but it wasn’t the words that hurt Jesse. It was knowing he’d failed Scott.
“You have such a way with my son,” she said.
“He’s a great kid.” He felt a bubble of pleasure in having shared something so personal with Maddie.
