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His hands tightened around o for a second, he slipped out of his coat and wrapped it aroundit around me

I needed to feel hiainst his chest, I sucked in a shuddering breath “I got into bed after getting back froht was on the fritz, but stuff like that’s been happening for weeks so we didn’t think anything of it

“I finally fell asleep, and then I woke up coughing When I openedThe smoke was so thick, and I rolled off my bed onto the floor I slipped on some shoes, picked up my phone, and shouted for Marisa She sleeps like the dead, and I had to drag her out of her bed Once she hit the floor, she woke up and we both crawled out of there There was fire in the stairwell I thought ere trapped” My fingers trehtened, and he rested his chin on the top of my head

He squeezed hter, and this time I needed it We sat there, wrapped up in each other until the para me over

The parao, but he refused to leave my side

“It’s okay He can stay” My fingers wrapped tighter around his arm

“I’ anywhere” He stared intopanic They closed the back of the ambulance, and the paramedic pulled the stethoscope fro so close to keepit while they finished the exam Ford held my hand as the para the back of my hand

His black therhtly over his chest, every muscle on full display It was a lot easier to distractat him

What would Col had happened to h my body What the hell would we do without each other? And Ford—what about the things left unresolved between us? There were so s left unsaid

“No s and heart sound fine You’re free to go, if you have soency roo—and I mean any” His eyes bored into me The seriousness not lost on me, I nodded

“She’s co home with me” The words shot out of Ford’s mouth not even a second after the paramedic finished his sentence

“I need to find Marisa I don’t knohere she is” My phone buzzed on the gurney beside me

Marisa: I couldn’t find you Are you still here? Are you okay?

I tapped on her na

“I’ me out Where are you?”