Flowerpot

A Heart of Stone

"I did not expect him to go quite in that direction… But yes. Yes. I suppose he should be fine," she sighed ... I opened my eyes and saw a worried glance shared between them, a glance full of a meaning I could never discern in its entirety. I don't think anyone could but them. What little I got made me smile, and I let myself fall on my back, eyes closing again.

'Keep him safe.'