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“Baby, what happened?” he asked, taking a seat in the chair His warm hand wrapped around mine as he waited on an answer

I shrugged in response

“How do you not know?”

“Because I don’t,” I snapped, pulling my hand free

He leaned back in the chair, running his hands over his face as he let out a groan

“Baby, I’ to understand You ended up passed out in a stairwell and you have no recollection of even going in there to begin with It’stroubling”

Mal sat forward, resting his forearht on the subject I went back to picking at the fuzz balls on the blanket The silence stretched on

I thought back over what I’d said to Dr Carr How could I have let any of that slip? What a difference a weekMal at a distance, keeping myself protected from my emotions, as they were the ene Malcol hiht all those feelings to the surface

I sed hard I would have to do a better job of locking the but trouble into my life My current situation was further proof of that One week of “dating” Malcolly truth of my life with Seth

Malcolh “Macy said she’ll be by later”

I said a silent thank you for the change of topic “Tell her that’s not necessary Iserious I don’t even understand why they’re forcing ht”

I atte sensation in h worse, I’d survived worse, but the pain stillconcrete steps

Mal was out of the chair, assisting ently helped ers brushed across my cheek

“When I got the call you were being taken to the hospital…” He stopped He had a look I’d not seen before Fear? He started to speak again, but there was a knock at the door, followed by the nurse entering with a wheelchair

“Time for your MRI, Ms Jokobi”