He couldn't hold on to the smile. He felt like weeping, just crying like a baby. 'So what am I supposed to do? Fill Stephen's boots? Leave medicine, become a pastor?'
'I can't answer that, but if you follow that course because that's what Stephen did, then it doesn't seem any better than becoming a physician because your dad wanted you to. Why don't you take your time, heal, then see?'
'What are you going to do?'
'Take my time, heal, then see.'
She pressed her cheek to his chest and hugged him. He draped an arm across her back and stroked her hair. It felt right. Just two people comforting each other. He smiled again, and this time it stayed.
About the author
Robert Liparulo's
Germ paints a scenario that is so frighteningly real, six Hollywood producers were already bidding on the rights before the novel was completed. His acclaimed debut novel, Comes a Horseman, is being made into a major motion picture by producer Mace Neufeld and Liparulo's short story 'Kill Zone' was featured in the anthology Thriller, edited by James Patterson.
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