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"When can we see hilanced at him and shook her head "He needs uninterrupted rest for several hours He’s heavily sedated, so he won’t wake for a while anyway Why don’t you all go get so? We’ll know more by then"

"Someone needs to stay here in case he wakes up," Dare said "I’ too," Jace said

"So alad he has soto need you all during recovery, but you aren’t going to do hiood if you’re sleep deprived"

"Why don’t we take turns staying with him?" Myrna said "Split the time into four hour blocks When he wakes up, a phone call will get all of us here quickly"

Jessica had to ad out of the pal first," Dare said

"I’ll stay with him," Jace said "I’m wide awake"

"Me too," Eric said

"Okay, Brian and I will coht am"

"Then Sed and I will colare from Brian, who obviously despised her on a visceral level, but Sed squeezed her hand

"Sounds good," Myrna said, elbowing her husband in the ribs

Dr Angelo s him back to the ICU after his anesthesia wears off I do have high hopes for his full recovery There was so to his brain tissue, but I didn’t see any necrosis That’s a good sign" The doctor gave Dare a gentle hug "Take heart, kiddo," she whispered

Dare nodded Dr Angelo cupped his cheek, her rim line, and then left

Jessica stood and pulled Sed to his feet "Let’s go to the hotel and get sohtly

Brian refused to look at either of them He clasped hands with Dare, Jace, and Eric, but turned his back on Sed and grabbed Myrna’s elbow He directed his wife from the room Over her shoulder, Myrna mouthed to Sed, "I’ll talk to hiht

"Brian is pissed as hell," Eric said unnecessarily

All four lanced at Jessica

Jessica’s heart dropped "Yeah, I know It’s all my fault I should just stay away" She released Sed’s hand and crossed her arms over her chest

Why did they all hate her so much? What had she ever done to the, but why the rest of the guys? It made no sense

Sed headed for the exit and Jessica followed hi near the elevator, Myrna had her ar into his ear in a hushed tone Jessica wished they’d already left Brian seemed to be the source of everyone’s animosity toward her, but noasn’t the time to confront him

"I know," Brian said to Myrna "I just can’t deal with it on top of everything else"

Myrna leaned away and cradled Brian’s face in her hands "We’ll sort it out when Trey’s better"

He nodded and she kissed him tenderly

Sed shifted Jessica behind his back as they approached Annoyed, Jessica scratched her head behind her ear Did he think they’d forget she was there if they couldn’t see her?

"Hey," Sed said quietly

"Hey," Brian answered