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I couldn’t see anything ahead All I could picture as behind me What I wanted was in the rearview mirror Even if that included a man who had lied to me I kneas supposed to hate him I shouldn’t want to turn around and find him To hear his voice To feel his touch Why couldn’t I have hiht noho I needed h it without him?

I heard the door slide open and I turned, desperate that I rong and Vaughn had come back He would stroll onto the balcony and se’d htmare

My heart plummeted to my stomach when I saw Greer

“It’s cold out here”

“It is,” I agreed, abhorred I was holding on to some kind of hope for him I didn’t want her to see it on my face

She walked toward me with an extra blanket and a cup of coffee She had a checkered one draped over her shoulders

“I’m sorry about yesterday” She sat close to ry and I was scared”

I took the coffee from her

She continued, “And I should have thought about what you had just gone through with Garrett and the shock of the information”

“We’re both in shock,” I whispered

“But I shouldn’t have been so angry I said sos”

“I did too,” I admitted

“I’ve been suspended indefinitely”

“What?” My voice had volume to it for the first time since yesterday

She pressed her lips together “While the investigation is on-going I can’t go back to the senate committee”