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‘Oh,’ Callum said What else could he say? It must have been hard for Hailey

‘Paul, he was confused…He wanted to do the right thing by Eric…He ended it withshe had skimmed over the details but the pain and betrayal of thathoether She took a shaky breath ‘They reconciled for a couple of etting untenable for me’

‘It must have been hard to have their reconciliation shoved in your face every day,’ Callum sympathised

Hailey nodded ‘It was But she left again after eight weeks and I’lad I stayed on They were both devastated by her desertion And then less than a month later Eric died’

Calluone silent, staring hard at the photo in her hand ‘How?’ he prompted after a while

‘Fro through the Natural History Museum—he really loved that place He was exhausted We both were I didn’t think anything of it when he fell asleep in front of the television that afternoon’

Callu her voice It had gone fro to treiven anything to be able to make her see that it didn’t serve any useful purpose

‘And he was still sleeping when his father came home and Paul went to wake hiht He was practically unrouseable’

She didn’t knohere they’d co down her cheeks She wiped at theers She hadn’t cried over this in months

Calluertips No wonder she’d been so antsy about To while he was out ‘Hailey, the onset of itis can be so swift It can kill in hours’

She nodded and looked at hi such raw emotion in front of him but on a primal level she knew that he, of all people, would understand ‘I know that I do But it was…so awful He was on life support for forty-eight hours before he died And Paul…’

‘He blamed you’

Hailey looked at hi’