Feeling his warm, strong arm wrap around her waist, she let out a tiny sob as he pulled her close. Turning, she didn't look at him as she pressed her damp face to his bare chest. Shoulders shaking, she took a few shaky breaths in and tried to banish the thoughts of her children and of Corry joining them. She didn't want Robert to know, not ever. She didn't want him to know how much she'd failed him when so many others hadn't.

"Nothing, a bad dream. That's all." Virginia mumbled trying to distract him, distract herself from it. Wrapping a tentative arm around Robert, she pressed her knuckles against his back and held him tightly. She would have normally had a drink now, to distract her, or a pill but she couldn't. She'd made a promise. "I don't like you seeing me like this."

She had to be strong for him. For herself.