“Let me help.”
“I be wanting no handouts from the likes of you.” She shouldered her pack with a grunt.
“Not a gift. Not a gift.” He scrambled about in his brain for what she would want to hear.
“A loan. Just until you’re back on your feet. For old time’s sake.” He winced. Shouldn’t have added that last bit.
“For old time’s sake? As p*****t for the years I shared your bed? Ye be the only man I ever loved, Toby. A decade as children. Another as lovers. And ye canna even keep it in your pants for one lousy year. Old time’s sake. Ha!” The last was a dismissal of everything they’d shared over the years.
“You have no money. Nowhere to go. I’ll help you pay for a room, until you find a job. I can probably find something for both of you.” He glanced over at Colin hoping to find some support t
