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But not anymore I was his tether I was his contact I was his in-case-of-e, or I should be I loved him more than any person currently on this planet, and I was terrified that soet there

I sat inand churning, the thought I kept buiant prawns that he wanted served at our wedding, but he couldn’t have theuests who ic to shellfish were roo

What the fuck? How had this happened? Things beco in a pod over the ocean thinking about your sweet Si fuck about any of that wedding nonsense I just wanted to say the saenerations and generations I wanted to stand up with this man and make sure he knew that he was mine and I was his for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live And the rest? Bull to the shit

You can’t pace on an airplane for very long before you startpeople nervous, so I sat in my pod and I didn’t watch theon the inside of my eyelids Simon, the first ti on the other side of his front door, annoyed that I’d been banging on his door, but not so annoyed that he didn’t check out htie Si on Jillian’s terrace under theandsweater and my lips full of his Simon, the first time he made love to me In the most beautiful bed in the most beautiful bedroom in the most beautiful house in Spain, where he held hi with need as he moved inside of me Simon, the first time he fucked me Surrounded by raisins and covered in flour as I rode hiotten orgasm

Si with me on his lap in the corner of our now bedroom, walls covered in hideous wallpaper as he poured his heart out all over the terrible carpet, askingband at the opening offor hours in the rain for Clive Si louder than anything legal

Siaround this one to get to him In time

Chapter six

I landed in Hanoi with a phone full of es from Mimi, Sophia, Ryan, and Neil, but I listened only to the ones that came in from Benjamin Simon had woken up, albeit briefly He was still heavily sedated, and was getting ready to go in for another MRI to deter on how quickly I could get to the hospital, I h custo into a broken-down taxi, and barked out orders to taketreated

This entire time, I hadn’t cried a tear Not when I calledNot when I packed a bag in such hurry that I ended up with ten pairs of pants, and only two pairs of actual panties Not when Jillian dropped me off at the airport, and not when I barricaded e ladies’ rooiven myself permission to fall apart But no tears

And now as I rode pell- toward this hospital, still no tears But the panic was beginning to build I’d been running on sheer adrenaline until this point, but since et any new information, I was ready to coave the driver at least five times asover fro for a directory of any kind Neurology Benjay But he also said intensive careso where did I go? Where was he? I spun in place, looking for anyone who ht be able to help me

"Miss?" a soft voice asked, and I turned to see so at an information desk "May I help you?"

She had a southern accent, for pity’s sake I don’t knohat I was expecting, racing into a Vietnamese hospital, but a tiny blonde who sounded like Delta Burke wasn’t it

"I’ for a patient, Simon Parker I’m his fiancée, and he was in an accident I was told he was here? But I don’t knohere, or which floor, or--"

"Simon Parker, yes, he’s here He’s up on the fourth floor Would you like , sobbing tears I couldn’t help it,poured out of ed as she handed me several tissues, and then finally the entire box

"Siht?"

"Yes!" I warbled, letting her lead me toward the elevator "How did you know?"

"We only have so many American patients here at a time The staff sort of knoho’s who pretty quick Took a fall, right?"