Christine smiled. "I promise. No worries." She grew a little more serious and gave his hand a squeeze. "Actually there is something you can do. If you don't want to, I understand but could you stay with me? At least until the first month or so is done. I'm just anxious and I'd feel better if you were with me. I don't expect you to stay the whole time unless you want to and I'm certainly not going to keep you from doing anything, I just...well I don't want to be alone."
Christine had no idea if there was anyone else Barry was spending time with and she really didn't need to know. She had chosen to abstain for the first month at least just to be safe but she certainly didn't expect him to. And once she got through the first month, she would probably feel much better.