He held up a hand with one finger pointing downward, and moved it in small circles. Not only were they back in touch, she had given him a secret channel of communication, just for him. XXX “I have to be able to tell you how I feel. There was only a little softness around her jawline and her chin, and a tiny touch of gray in her hair. She followed, and he closed the door behind her. Tomorrow. He went to class, and wrote his papers, and talked with friends, and dated now and then; but her ghost was always at his side. A Carol dream. Finally he lifted his head and looked down at her. She turned her head and took his second kiss on her mouth. “It’s overwhelming me to be so close to you, to hold and and-and kiss you–and touch you,” he explained.
