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Outside my , the tulips are in full bloom Just like the one that I inked onto her ar care of it, wherever she is If she had stayed this , I could have cleaned it and re-dressed it for her I wish that she would have given me the chance

Suddenly, s, and I snatch it up at once I need to hear her voice again And, sure enough, a moment later, I do

"Hey," she sighs

"Hi, Spring," Ion?" I ask I can hear her breathing, labored, down the other end of the line Like she has been crying

"I’un," she explains

"What are you doing there?" I deet concerned about other people, not really Most of the Men of Valor can look after theht now that is so vulnerable it makes my heart ache for her

"I’m at the hospital"

"Are you–"

"I’m okay," she assures ht for a work conference but was in a car accident when he was on the way from the airport to the hotel He’s in intensive care, and they don’t know if he’s going to make it"

Her voice cracks and breaks, and I can hear the agony that she has been trying to contain spilling out to consume her It hurts me to hear her like that I ache to pull her intoto be okay, but I am not sure that she wants that from me now

"He’s just done with surgery, and they still don’t kno he’s going to turn out," she sniffles "I – I don’t knohat to do, I really don’t I feel so guilty"

"You have nothing to be guilty about," I tell her firht that we spent together, not a chance in hell

"I can co the nuet my bike over to Denver

"You don’t need to do that," she assures me I can hear the doubt in her voice If she asked ht noould do it I would rent a hotel room out there just so she could have a place to co as we could be together

"I don’t mind–"

"I have someone here with me," she replies "Todd He’s a friend ofme company"