What he really meant - Anna was getting pretty good at reading Crowley - was that Aiden was safer with her. He didn't trust himself. And that, honestly, was possibly the best thing she could have hoped for right now. It meant that, despite his arguments to the contrary, he did care about their son.
Pushing her free hand into the mattress, Anna moved over. She patted the space beside her. "Well then come here. Just come closer." She wasn't entirely sure he'd take her up on it, but after the week they'd had and the way she felt right now, she figured she'd take the chance and hope for the best.