“Gotta grow up sometime, right? I’ve found that . . . well, a man wantin’ something don’t make it true, you know?” Ranette smiled. Seemed an awful long time since he’d seen her do that. She walked to him, and he didn’t even flinch when she extended her hand. He was proud of that. He took her hand, and she raised his, then kissed it on the back. “Thank you, Wayne.”
