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“I do That’s why I’m here”

A sad smile crosses his face “I wanted to call you, but I didn’t have your nu care of my mom all day And…I didn’t think you wanted to hear from me”

“No, I should have trusted you I should have listened to you or coht harder for you”

Wein a desperate kiss His hands slide down ers in his hair, pulling hio, afraid to let the kiss end, afraid to face what’s co in the next few hours Because for the first time since we returned to the present, I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be

When the kiss ends, he rests his forehead against lad you caed ain I kneasn’t suffering from future shock, but I didn’t know about the rest of you”

“Wait,” I say, pulling back “If Lynne knew about future shock, wasn’t she worried you’d come back crazy?”

“Not really Dr Kapur was pretty confident that none of us would suffer fro frohter…” The photos I saw in the future, of Lynne’s daughter in a hospital bed

“That’s how I hter is in the children’s ward of the hospital where ets her treatments Lynne was always there, and we talked about ot…”

“But how did Lynne know about the cure?”

“When she sent the third group of people to the future, the ones who res, one of them told her I’d just developed a cure I didn’t believe her at first, but she convinced ht the cure back, we could save both ned up Well, that and I was desperate for money We were about to sell this house to pay off thewith their offer” He looks down at the floor, sucking in a long breath “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you I wanted to, but I couldn’t risk not being able to bring back the cure”