第25章 永远的爱（第3页）

卡罗琳的回答全都包含在她那充满泪水的眼睛里。这就足够了。

Iwasstarving。AsIdrovehome，IrealizedIhadhingsi。EveandIhadbeenwtoohardonaspecialprojethinkaboutfood。Ipulledintothedriveway，aelynoticedmywife's'tinthegarage。Isighed。

"？"IcalledasIehehouse。ButIkherewouldbenoanswer，me，nrantaroma。Thehousety，asusual。Iwalkedi。hadleftahastilyseoer："ight。Lasagnainthefreezer。Loveyou。"

Icrumpledupthe;She'salwaysatclassthesedays。"Imutteredal，Iopehefreezerdoor。Thesmallboxsaid"Dinnerforo;Ithrewitbathefreezer。Ididn'twantfrozenlasagnafromthesupermarket；Iwanted'slasagna。AndIwantedmywifeacrossthetablefromme。

Iwaslonely—Imissedhavingtheathome。Sarah，est，hadleftfemonthsago。AtthetimeI'dfeltokayaboutitbecausedIhadeachother。I'dassumedwe'dhavemoretimetogether。

，however，hadotherideas。

Irememberedthenightsheannouncedshewasgoingbacktoschool。

"Don'tlaughatme，Sam，"hadsaid。

"I'mnotlaughing。"Ireplied。Iadmiredherftoschool。

"Thereobetimetodoitbefore。"

Inodded。haddforthekids—driviomusisandbaseballpractices。

"Iknowit'sgoingtotakemeawhiletogetmyteagcertifi，butIreallywanttodoit。"

"Ithinkit'saterrificidea。Ithinkyou'reterrific。"Itold。

She'dblushedaourclaspedhands。"Nobodymaywamyage。"

"You'rehehillyet。"Itoldher。

Isatatthekittable，rememberiofthatnight。Itwastrue—Ihadbeenproudofher；Iroudofher。Sowhathadged？

&ainlyhadabusyschedule，withteststostudyforaowrite。ButIwasbusy，too。

Iwalkedoverterator。"Thisisn'ttheDarkAges。I'mnotgoingtostarvetodeathbecauseisn'thometocook。"Isaidtoit。

&，asIspreadsomemustardonapieceofbreadandseareddelimeattomakeasandwich，I'tigyfeelihehouse…insideme。

&hisisn'ttheDarkAges，Ithought。Butwhat'ssoterribleaboutbeinganold-fashionedguywhomisseshiswife？

&m，hurriedthroughthekit。"Didyouseemybluenotebook？"sheasked。

Ishookmyhead。"WillIseeyoutonight？"

e。Shesethetension。Orcouldshe？

Maybeshe'stoobusywithsotig，Ithought。

"Sam，youknowI'vegotaight，aothelibrarylater。"Shepausedandthensaid，slowly，"Istherespecialreasonyouonight？"

Themusmyjawtighteurnedaway。"No，"Icalled，"IguessIdon't。"

WheheofficeIheardsomeonesay，"aflattireooworkortheaeisbroken。"

Evewasleaningagainstthefili，grinning。Ilaughedinspiteofmylousymood。"heabove，"Isaid，"it'sjust…"

"Justwhat？"Evewalkedoverualyinfrontofme。

Istaredather。Sheersontoworkwith—smartandahardworker。Herhazeleyesnevermissedthesmallestdetailahliftedattheers，asifshewerealwayssmiling。

Wetherthesepastfee'dgottentokherfairlywell。Iguessyoucouldcallusfriends。

"It'snothing，"Isaid，"let'sgettowork。"

Weworkedsteadilythroughtheday，anditwasn'tuntilmystomarumblingthatIrealizedwe&#ottenaboutlunanditwasclosetodiime。