Her heartfelt apology shook him out of his black mood. As her hands wrapped around his neck, he slid his own to her waist. He hugged her tight, almost too tight. He had survived his ordeal. Now it was time to help his sister overcome her own. She had been in prison for the same time but it wasn't one any court would recognize. When she started to kiss his neck, he set his hands to caress every part of her body that he could.<br/><br/>"When the time is right, you will know why I insist on two years," he told her. "Now I think you need to let go of your past and embrace your future. You are right where you belong, at my side. I won't leave you again, Beautiful."<br/><br/>Goose marveled at how she felt laying on top of him. The skin to skin contact generated much more warmth than usual. Perhaps it was only in his mind. He knew now how they were going to sleep each night from now on, nude and in each other's arms. With that thought in mind, he moved his hands up and captured her face between his hands so he could make love to her mouth once more.