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I continue to get the lon onhalf-heartedly, I know there’s not a dae circumstances

A doctor coht, I can go home tomorrow

A nursing assistant comes later and takes my vitals

Lunch arrives, and y and aith my busted arm

A nurse brings pain meds, and I have no choice but to nap

When I wake up, my parents are still there

Rachel never returns

CHAPTER 24

Rachel

I sit in the stiff plastic chair directly across froo, and I don’t need to look at the clock to know I’ve been here for almost six hours Bodie didn’t even see me when the nurse came in around three AM to check his vitals He woke up, but was groggy I sat in the shadows in the corner of his room and just watched By the time the nurse shot ain

I just watched him

For hours

Watched his chest rise, up and down Slow and steady

It was theever