Universe 10 - [Anthology]
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by Edited By Terry Carr
Margaret said, “How do you feel now?”
He thought back. “I wish to hell I could have had all of it; I can’t help wishing that. But nobody ever does—and I had more than most, more than anybody I ever heard of. I’ll need a long time, I guess, to figure out what I learned. And maybe that’s good.”
She did not answer. After a time he said, “It’s—it’s like I had heaven and didn’t realize it, so they took it away from me. But I only had it by luck—I’ll never know how. Melanie. How could it happen?”
She touched his shoulder. “And how about Melanie?”
He shrugged. “She’ll make it. She has me to work from.”
“And you, Ed?”
He grinned. “Hell yes. I can’t let the kid down, can I?”
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