"I'll stay as long as you want, but you're cutting off my circulation," she said, smiling slightly to take some of the sting out of her words. She gently loosened his fingers on her arm, and shook the limb to get rid of some of the tingles.
"Play up the fact that she'll be back?" she suggested, shrugging helplessly. "I don't know, Patrick. I've never had kids, I don't know what to tell you. But you don't have to do it by yourself. You have George and your brothers, and Mairead and me. We can help."