Kerrigan made a gesture of weary annoyance. “Go back to sleep.”
“Why d’ya keep watching me?”
“For God’s sake, come off that routine.”
“I can’t come off,” Frank said. “You keep me on it. You won’t leave me alone.”
Kerrigan shrugged. It was no use going on with it.
“I’m warning you,” Frank said. “You better stop watching me.”
He told himself to go easy. He said softly, “All right, let’s skip it. I got other things on my mind.”
“Like what?”
He smiled amiably at his brother. “Well, I finally went and did it. I got hitched.”
Frank blinked a few times. “For real?”