When it's your time, there's no coming back. No do-overs, even if your heart aches with regret.

"Alright," Everett replied, his tone subdued, clearly not in the mood for conversation.

Dorothy didn't press him further. After hanging up, she texted Kevin, asking him to drop off sextra clothes for Everett at the hospital. The emergency room's chill could seep into your bones, necessitating layers more than usual.

Everett didn't chthat night.

Dorothy ended up crashing on the couch until the early hours.

the doorbell - Kevin had

restless, sleep

this, Kevin," she said as she

this morning, so I won't be back at the office. Callif you need anything! And... if there's any news from Everett at the hospital, could you letknow?" Dorothy knew it was a big ask for Kevin, but reaching out to Everett directly might make him overthink things. She just wanted to stay

caught on immediately and

off the clothes yesterday, and he knew it was you who sent them, he even cracked a

quickly got ready and headed to

she found her concentration slipping. She almost

the epitof a "dad boyfriend." Just as Dorothy was about to reply, someone called out her

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