Resting my hand on her shoulder I gave it a slight squeeze when I felt the tension. It was the opposite of what I'd intended and I felt ill over it. "Please, don't feel like you have anything to explain, you owe me nothing. I simply wondered how much of the man I knew you had experience with."

I knew, better than most, how a person might change for good and for ill. And John had never attempted to deceive me, that much I was certain of. "Don't let the memories cause you pain or stress, it was not what I meant this day to do. Tell me about little Gregory instead, has he been a happy baby?"