When finally broke the silence, it took a moment for Jeni to gather her wits and take in his words. His arm was around her waist and when tenderly kissed the back of her neck, she never felt so close to him. Everything seemed sweetly blissful at that late hour, but when he began to speak she could tell by the solemn tone of his voice that he was speaking from a private place inside him that rarely opened to her. In words that didn’t come easy, he candidly disclosed a piece of his past she never would have expected to hear. “She ran out on me near the end, got pregnant by another man she said she loved.” He was talking about his ex-wife. Jeni couldn’t see his eyes, and wouldn’t know what pain would appear within them. But perhaps that was as it should be; he might never have made the disclo
