Love meant different things to different people.

I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm." ----Roarke, Naked In Death

Tell him I took the cat

Listen carefully. I'd crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it.

Oh thank you, Jesus." "It's Roarke." He tapped a finger on Eve's head. "You really shouldn't forget your own husband's name.

Fine, you do that, and you tell them that at the very first opportunity, I'm coming down there and killing all of them. Mass murder. And after they're all dead, I'm going to kick the bodies around, dance on top of them, and sing a happy song. No jury will convict me.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.