"I'm glad they had a mom," Jo answered softly. It was good that they had been able to have something of a normal childhood.
"And no, I wasn't. But I'm glad he is here. He didn't deserve to die. He shouldn't have attempted the merge." Jo was the only one who should have done that. Even if she knew she was doomed to fail.
But she smiled at the compliment. "Because I haven't aged at all," she answered. "I'm the same age I was when we fell in love." He'd aged, she could see the toll on him, but he was still handsome. Still her Ric.