When the old keeper forgot one latch, the 400-pound silverback reached through the steel

”

Linda nodded. Her face was very composed. “And you?”

Tom’s mouth moved around a joke he did not make. “Some of me.”

She touched his cheek, and he leaned into her hand for one unguarded second. Then he stepped inside before either of them had to decide how much of a goodbye could happen in a doorway.