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3: Corabelle

Gavin ran his finger acrosssuitcases faded down the hall as he pulled the stool up next to h, huh?" he said

"Thankfully the painin I didn’t think I could take another hed "He is pretty pissed at me"

I pressed his hand to my cheek "They’ll adjust It’s all pretty new, even for us" I kissed his fingers We had to talk about what happened I could play the sick card, but really, we should just dive in Get through the hard stuff before it got too late to bring it up again

"We haven’t really talked about that last conversation we had on the beach," I said

"You’ve been too busy trying to re-create the Pacific in your lungs"

I tried to sh my lips were cracked and dry We had so much terrain to cover, I didn’t really knohere to start "Where did you find so?"

"Mexico Cash-under-the-table thing"

"Was it safe?"

He shrugged "I went to a doc here and they tested it Said it worked Nothing seeed He was pretty pissed I had done it and wanted the naive it to theain I tried to slowfit would end the conversation fast

"No" He shifted over and braced his elbows on the bed rails, resting his scruffy cheek on his wrist He was tired He’d probably been in that chair for days

"Have you gone home at all?"

He reached out and ran the back of his knuckles across my upper arm "For clothes Now that your parents have descended, this is all the tiet with you"

"Maybe we can tell the hospital that you’re my husband"

"Your dad won’t back us up like he did with Finn"

I sighed "They could kick you out,hours?"

"Probably I don’t exactly play by the rules"

"That’s true" I laid h "I’m sorry I never told you about the ush of air "I never thought you’d keep a secret froot me started, and it helped me on the test, it really did"

"But you never told the doctors Not even when Finn was sick"