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She pats o then climb into Jax’s sporty little car "Takeinhands

"Are you?"

I shake ain "Take me home"

Chapter Twenty Two

~Mark~

"Are you okay?" Mo roo hell, those pills have knocked s feel heavy and my head is fuzzy

"Jax picked her up," Nat says "She’s scared, Mark"

"I get it, but she’s not getting rid of me that easy I need your car," I say to Luke who just srowl at him and would advance on him if my feet would move

"You need to fill those prescriptions and rest," Mo at the papers in my hand "I love Meredith to death, but you’re in no shape to be running all over the damn world"

"Mom" I take a deep breath to calm my temper "I need to fix this with her She’s not okay" I re, the absolute despair rolling off her in waves "She’s not trying to be dra"

Luke takes the papers fromanywhere, Mark Nat and I will take care of these and Saet you settled at home" He points outside and wraps his arm around Mom’s shoulders "Why don’t you come with us, Mom?"

She continues to watch me and finally stands on tip-toe to kiss my cheek

"We’ll meet you at your house," Mom says

"Why won’t you all listen to me? I need to see Meredith!"

"Do you honestly think you’re in any shape to charht now?" Sam asks with a roll of the eyes "She’ll still be around tolare at her, but she’s right My eyes are heavy and my body is in that in-between place of nuony and effort, ly tired

By the time we make it back to my house, all I want to do is sleep "Please call her," I say to Sam as she helps me stumble my way up to my bedroom "Just call her and make sure she’s okay"

"I will," Sa to ave -induced sleep

Fuck me, I’m sore I wince as I sit up and try to stretch my muscles I ache, which shouldn’t surprise me since I’ve refused to take the pain meds over the past six hours so I can drive to Meredith’s this afternoon I rise froust when I see that I’m still covered in bloody smears I crashed before I even had a chance to take a shower