Janet gave Barney the required speech about behaving while she was gone then shut the front door. She"d overslept and would just about make it to Salem in time to drop off her submission to Mick. As she got in her car, she waved to Neil, who was standing next to Barney at her front door. He had stayed over last night, and they had fallen asleep on the couch together. When she woke up in the middle of the night and felt his arms around her, it felt like she belonged there.
She was carrying that feeling with her today like a shield against her impending conversation with his daughter. Would Megan understand how she felt? Janet doubted it, but it didn"t stop her from hoping. She didn"t want to lose Megan"s friendship, but didn"t Neil deserve some happiness, and didn"t she? She turned the rad
