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She stared at —and I thought that she was the most perfect creature I’d ever seen

“Trevor would have thought you were the coolest thing ever”

“I’ on it,” she said slowly and then opened her door

Less than five minutes later, we stood on the fifth floor, and the fear that had been dodging me all day was back, and it was back hard I dropped Monroe’s hand and shovedthe curious gazes from the nurses behind the station

“Can I help you?”

The tall one came around the desk, eyebrows arched as she waited for us to answer

“I…” Shit, my voice sounded worse than when I elve and it started to change I clearedpast the nurse to where Trevor’s room was

“Nathan’s here to see his friend, Trevor Lewis,” Monroe said

The nurse’s eyes narrowed, and she cocked her head, her eyes never leaving me A moment passed And then another

My heart sank, because I saw the recognition in her eyes She kneho I was The screas responsible for Trevor being here There was no way she was going to let me walk past the damn desk

What the hell had I been thinking?

“He needs to see Trevor,” Monroe said forcefully “You have to at least let him try”

“Honey, I don’t need to do anything,” the nurse replied, her hands now on her hips as if she’d made it her own personal mission to keep us away

“Brenda…” I looked her in the eye “Brenda Lewis, his mom, told ht…” I rolled ht not ”

Shit Hearing those words was tough; saying theher