Chapter 67

"Dear, let's go home," Darin pleaded, looking into Helen's eyes two days later. 

"I thought you said you would spend four days?" Helen asked. 

"I couldn't concentrate," he replied. "I have to call for someone to come and replace me."

"I told you before you traveled I needed time to think," she said. "I still need to be alone. It's just two days. Give me some time."

A dreadful fear went through him. "Please, let's talk now and settle everything now," he reached for her hand. "I want to take you home tonight."

Helen said nothing. Silence stretched between them. He wondered if she really wanted to be alone for some time or if she was trying to break up with him. He didn't want Helen to leave him.

"I already told you we can take as much time as you want before we have babies. Just come back home."

"You can't force or cajole me Darin," she moved to the edge of the sofa. "I will only return when I want to. I still want to be alone for so