"I can't accept that I won't see her again someday." Alan replied. "Maybe it'll be easier, believing she's waiting for me."

Oddly, he and Sarah Jane hadn't spoken much on the subject. Maybe because they both knew he would likely outlive her by some years. He hadn't cared to think of it and maybe she'd known, for she hadn't brought it up herself.

"Maybe we should have talked about it once or twice." But there was no real regret or anger there.