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"Why didn’t Patricia tell me? I talked to her yesterday"

"I wanted to tell you" He heaved a sigh "I knew you would be upset"

"Daht, I’m upset"

"Don’t be It’s just part of the deal Hey, do you have any pictures of Patricia’s roo me about it yesterday"

"I can take soth of the library "Nice change of subject there I’ and realized that heto try to sleep I’ll call you soon"

"I miss you" I took a deep breath

"Miss you too, baby"

I hung up the phone and stared out the libraryfor aDad so far away brokea deep breath, I decided I’d call Dr Bielefeld on Mondayhere sooner And if there weren’t, I’d blow everything else off to get home

Using the blanket as a wrap, I tiptoed back down the hall to my room Alex hadn’t moved, so I climbed back into bed and curled around him His mouth pulled up into a s"

"Morning" I closedokay?" He shifted so he could see ed his medicine" I took a deep breath "He wants to wait to coet used to the ht and go to hi a little The fact that he had included hiers over his face, I kissed him softly

"What’s that for?" He looked down intoyou" I cuddled closer to hio over there I think he’s worried that if I do, he won’t ever get to come here"

"Is it that bad?" He rubbed a hand overto call the doctor on Monday and see what he thinks" I sighed "Dad sounded really rough"

"Why don’t we do so fun today? Take your mind off it until Monday" He propped himself up on his elbow

"What do you have in mind?"