“About what?”
“About your suggestion. The mildly exotic one. I still think it’ll hurt you, but if you’re game so am I.”
“I’m game,” I said.
She was right, as it turned out: it hurt me. But not much, and I didn’t care. All I cared about was her. Being with her, loving her. Living a sane and normal life with her.
I kept thinking about retiring…