‘Trying out the furniture for repetitive strain injury.’
‘Be serious.’
‘I feel we should let things develop spontaneously for a while. No more schedules. Be ourselves. Do as we please.’
‘We could take in a movie.’
‘Go to a theatre.’
‘Read a book.’
‘Make love in the afternoon.’
‘Now there’s a thought.’
‘Plan a wedding.’
‘Buy a dog.’
They talked and planned together for hours. Caitlin realised that their sharing together, so different from what it had been in the beginning, was now boundless. It would go on for the rest of their lives.
Caitlin rested her head on David’s chest, at ease with herself and him. She had found her soul-mate. The hours and days and weeks and months of loneliness were now over for her. David was her perfect partner in life.