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I glared at his”

He nodded in defeat “No s”

I stormed down the hall, but just before I reached the outside door, I braced ainst the wall My knees buckled for a quick second

I pulledI had a ten-ht I had this feeling Max was behind me I spun around, but he wasn’t there

I walked through camy neck It was as obvious to me as the trees infrom

I returned to work

“Everything ok,” Meg asked

It wasn’t, but I lied “Yes You can send in the next client in five minutes”

I walked behind my desk, ready to put my conversation with Max Harrison behind me

Chapter Twenty-six

For three weeks I ent Kenneth every day at six o’clock He waited for me on the steps outside my office at the clinic We would sit on the bench in the commons until my shuttle arrived I’d answer a few questions and then he’d let o

There was no new inforhn He hadn’t been spotted He hadn’t surfaced on the intelligence radar

I hadn’t decided if I was glad or not

The last twenty-one days I had cycled through the stages of grief not once, but twice Soes in the same day I would try to hold on to one, but ame to my core

When I turned the lights out at night and I reached for the cool sheets next to e hit me It was the moment in the day I didn’t care that I mourned a fictitious relationship I didn’t care that the love was only on hts went down and I was alone