Chapter 40

Take me away?

“I’m sorry,” I say. “I think I’m just surprised to see you.” I still don’t know how he even knew to find me here. I haven’t seen this man or spoken to him in years. “What do you mean, ‘take me away?”” I ask.

He shrugs. “I’m thinking you might want to not be fought over like a scrap of meat for a while.”

He’s strong and handsome, and, I suspect, very accustomed to getting what he wants, at least from females. “But why? Why

me?”

His smile is lopsided and amused. “You have to know that I always had a crush on you.”

What? No.

is absolutely news to me.

haven’t seen me at his

eyes. “I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time keeping up with all of this. And seeing you

I’ve shared too much, I think.” He grins again. “But I’m not shy. And I know he never valued you. Not the

came around a lot, but those visits stopped shortly after

to Brian because he used to hang out and be

about what happened at the Council meeting.”

me out. But I’m still not clear on how he knew to find me. Here. In a hospital.

say, want to break out of here for a bit?”

place, but I try to stay focused on the conversation. “My father’s funeral is

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