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For the second time in her life, Rachel found herself in a hospital rooot there But this time, she wasn’t alone

“Hey” Harvard smiled at her from where he stood beside her bed “You’re awake”

“Why do people say that? I’m the one that’s awake; I don’t need to be informed about it”

“And you woke up gruentle kiss to her lips “You scared me”

She blinked up at hiize?”

“No, but proood”

A jolt of agony that wasn’t just physical shot through her “I’ve pretty et ain”

His beautiful face appeared pained “I’m sorry, Rachel”

And purely fro for everything she’d been through and the betrayal of her fa his condolences

“Did I kill her?” Her mouth was suddenly very dry

Harvard shook his head “In the end, it was just a dunohed her down like an anchor”

Rachel tried to s, but there was no lass of water to her lips She sipped at it, giving herself time to process what he’d told her Perhaps she should have felt relief at the news, but all she felt was sad

“We had lots of good times too,” Rachel said once Harvard took the water away “I…was very fond of her”

He brushed her hair off her face, his touch unerringly gentle “You loved her, and that’s how it should have been Even after everything that’s happened, it’s still okay to mourn the woman you cared about”

“I’m…conflicted,” she confessed