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"Thanks again," she said as he stepped outside, finally leaving us alone The moment she shut the door and turned back to me, I kneas in for a lecture

"Look, I didn’t want to press you in the hospital, but what the hell happened between you two?" She walked back to the ar, eyes on the flickering screen

"He’s just wants to help," she added, her voice raising a pitch

"M on her thighs, waiting for me to explain ht of the accident He recked I’ve never seen a grown ive him a chance"

I looked up at her, exasperated "A chance to what? Completely incinerate what’s left of ned, shoulders sluuys, he’s trying He cares about you He won’t tell me or even Caleb what he did, but whatever it was, he hates hi"

No, it wasn’t I shot her a look that told her to drop it If only she knew As much as I wanted to tell her, I couldn’t stoht out loud

I hit the channel button again and again before landing on a rerun of Sex and the City Perfect More woive him a chance ro nice, or at least civil What happened to my sweet best friend who never had a mean bone in her body?"

With my eyes trained on the television, I answered, "He broke her"

It was just past four when I persuaded Hilary to leave, and I kneould be at least another hour or two before Logan came back with dinner

I was finally alone in my own house All I wanted to do was crank up the stereo and dance around half naked, but I was stuck on the couch, drained fro to do so badly that I wasn’t going to let anything stop rin in place, I wobbled around the house collecting candles, a lighter, andto h the clouds, but with one tug of the blinds I was cast in a peaceful aura of darkness I was absolutely giddy at the idea of taking a nice, relaxing bath…alone

As I eased down onto the linoleuentle care when I bent forward to plug the drain and run the hot water, I began lighting the candles that lay scattered aroundheavier with each passing an to take full effect The scent of lavender filledthe tub, a calmness settled over me

Once I slinked out of h, and poured some sweet vanilla bubbles into the tub, I was ready to clihcareful not to slip I proppedthe stitches, the less water around it, the better The last thing I needed was an infection Once I was settled and coainst the cool porcelain

For once, I could just lie back and let the ater soothe o, or a nurse bathingon the toilet talking to me as I sat on the handicap chair in the shower