there, and I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon. The thing is, I’m not sure what I think about it anymore.”
Toni frowned. “That’s a switch.”
He nodded. “That lobbyist I told you about, Corinna Skye, made some good points in my office one day. I can’t say I agree with her, not completely, but maybe I don’t disagree quite so strongly as I once did.”
He reached out and took her hand. “I guess the way I see it is that CyberNation will either happen or it won’t — and if it does happen, it’ll either be a good thing or a bad… or somewhere in between. Like most things in life, it’s not as simple as I’d like it to be.” He shrugged. “Either way, though, it’s not up to me any longer. And that’s okay.”
She slid her arm around his waist. “You aren’t worried that we might turn into a dull, old married couple?”
He laughed. “That’s not high on my list of things to worry about, no. We have already had enough excitement for ten lifetimes.”
“Look, Guru is getting on the merry-go-round with the boy,” she said.
“Great, that’s all we need, Guru with a broken hip.”
But the old lady stood in the middle of the twirling playground equipment as solidly as if she were bolted down. Little Alex was delighted, laughing as the merry-go-round twirled.
This was what life was supposed to be about, Toni thought. Your family with you, healthy, and safe. Not necessarily living happily ever after, no one could promise that — but it was a start.
And right now, that was enough.
