“

When they lay down together, she gently rested her head against his bare stomach. 

After some time had passed in silence she said, “There’s a lot of sadness in here.” Frowning, taken completely offguard by the remark, 

he looked down the length of his chest at her, 

not really sure that he had heard her correctly. 

“What do you mean?” 

Instead of answering, she slid her large hand slowly back and forth 

over the warm skin of his stomach. 

The gesture said “Yes, in here. You heard me.

J.C