“Exactly,” I agreed. “That’s why I’m investing it in a private business run by someone I trust more than anyone in the world,” I assuredly proposed.
She was silent as she looked around the room. I could see the cogs in her head turning. Running through the logistics.
“I don’t know Honey,” she sighed. “It’s too much to ask.”
“No it’s not,” I went to her and again took her hand, the other. “I want to do this. To help you out.”
For a moment I thought she’d say yes. That she’d hug me and we’d begin making the plans right then and there. She didn’t.
It was a shake of the head that first told me her answer.
“I can’t,” she stated. “I can’t ask that of you.” Her hands left mine and she began to move back toward the hallway, her shoulders noticeably slumped.