Roxie reached up and gently cupped the right side of his face with her hand. She offered him a sad, but hopefully reassuring smile, and gently shook her head. "You do what you need to do, Joe Rogers. If you want me there with you, I'm more than happy to be your back-up, but if this is something you absolutely need to do on your own, well, I understand that too." And then, tentatively, she reached up and kissed him on his left cheek. "But you're not moving out, and I won't ask that of you."
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