'Yes, but we wanted to do it for the right reasons. I don't want either of us to feel coerced, or worse -- used.'

She pulls back a bit to look into his face, the lines around her eyes etched deep with concern.

'I want to make love to you, Gene. And I can wait, if that's what we need to do. I'm not going anywhere. And it feels like you're -- like there's something wrong, still. Like there's still something hanging over us.'