“Can I see you?” Kit paused in his pacing. I held out my hands. “Can I … can I feel your face? I have always wondered what you look like.” “Why now?” “I’d like to see the face of the man I will be spending the night with.” For a long moment he stood frozen, then he spoke, “Valerie saved my life by taking the brunt of the blast, but not all of it. I have horrible scars, Lara.” He sounded wary and distant, as if he expected me to shrink away from wanting to feel his face. “Don’t we all? Yours are just more visible than most,” I said quietly. “You sound like a shrink.” I didn’t say anything and
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