Chapter 37
10:00 PM
April 12, 1943
Quarters No. 21
Debden Airdrome
Essex County, England
Katherine Reilly lay next to her husband as he slumbered in their small custom-made double bed. Even though Katherine could afford a much larger flat in Saffron-Waldon or a small cottage in sleepy Debden Village, she felt fortunate that Colonel Anderson had allowed her to live with her husband in what used to be enlisted quarters on the airdrome.
Katherine blessed the fates for any time that she spent with Paul. Tonight Paul slept soundly thanks to the flight surgeon and powerful sleeping pills.
Katherine rested her left arm around Paul’s waist and wrapped her long shapely leg around his with satisfaction. Contact with Paul gave her great—almost maternal—comfort.
Maternal is not the right word
