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"Ronin?"

"Can we just drop it and go upstairs? My brain is throbbing"

"Poor baby with a throbbing need Once we’re upstairs, I’ll give you a little heade"

Damn woman always made him feel better

• • •

AMERY did drop it, but she didn’t forget about it And she wasn’t sure whether it was a blessing or a curse when she saw the doctor’s appointe It wasn’t as if she’d been pawing through the trash looking for clues; the postcard had fallen out of the bag when she’d ree can

So azines in the den, she’d think Ronin had left it lying about, hoping she’d find it and ask him about it But since he’d stuffed it in the trashthat told her he was hiding the appointment froral part of his life and his recovery process?

Because he’s back to the sas from you bullshit

Amery didn’t want to believe it, but with the way he’d been acting the last couple of days? She couldn’t stop the niggling worry that there washiht and showing her total support of hie him to confide in her But that hadn’t happened He’d just ree Directly after that he’d conked out

Maybe he wanted to hear the doctor’s diagnosis first before he involved her That she could understand Still, she couldn’t help but feel shut out

Nothing you can do about it now but wait and see if he wants to talk later

She ditched the trash in the Du late, she didn’t have the energy to drive to the penthouse Asthere, she felt the need to be in her own space for a change That was another indication she wasn’t ready to e

RB: Where are you?

I’m at home

RB: At the penthouse?

No My loft Where are you?