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“Yeah, no fucking kidding,” I growl “The attending nurse walked in the rooht I was you”

If possible, his face loses evenher?”

“That’s moot at this point Why haven’t you told anyon

e about her? And how long have you been married?”

He blows out a breath and looks down at his shoes, eliciting er even more

“Theo—” I start, but he interrupts me

“Seven years We got married the day she went into a coma”

His eyes look worried and desperate I count to twenty in my head to try to calm my ire

“You’ve been ht to tell your fa with other women while your wife lies helpless in the hospital?”

He’s quiet for a rab us so”

I don’t want a fucking beer I want hiive him a curt nod and walk around the couch and sit on the opposite end where Theo just had a girl on his lap

He co a seat on the recliner Leaning forward, he puts his elbows on his knees and dangles the beer fro ht he was anxious over what happened to Ella and possibly going after Chase He was anxious all right, because he knew Jules was right down the hall and he or I could be recognized at any moment It actually surprises me, now that I think about it, that none of the nurses called him by name

I sit and wait, growing more impatient by the second when he stays quiet Luckily, he catches

“Jules and I ht her car into the shop The mechanic on the north side couldn’t fit her in for a few days, and she needed her car fixed immediately She was from the north side but eet and kind and so daht I had a chance with someone like her, but I asked her out anyway She completely took me by surprise when she accepted”

His eyes glaze over as he looks off in the distance