Despite the good-night kiss he'd been given by one of Nidal's men, physically, he was doing okay.
The two youngest of her eight children breezed through for good-night kisses.
Martin lifted Emilio off his stool and gave him a good-night kiss on the top of the head.
"You're supposed to give me a good-night kiss," she said.
At one point he asked, "You always give each other a good-night kiss, don't you?"
What mattered was her face, gray eyes closed, upturned for a brief good-night kiss.
Then he leaned over the side of the bed, and said in a hushed voice, "Could you just give me a good-night kiss?
In fact, returning the purse would give him a chance to get another good-night kiss.
And I think she's still waiting for her good-night kiss.
"I will leave as soon as I've had my good-night kiss."