Chapter 19

Past

Scott

“Coffee?” I offered it to Camille as she had been sitting in the waiting room for hours. Mrs. Davidson’s surgery was in progress, and it would take a couple of hours to be completed.

“Thank you,” she whispered, grabbing a mug and bringing it to her lips. Her hands were shaking as she sipped the coffee. “I’m scared.”

“Everything will be fine,” I told her as I sat next to her.

“Scott...” she bit her lip before letting out a long sigh. “I appreciate you being here.”

“Don’t thank me. I would have done the same if it were someone else.”

“I apologize for everything I have done to you.”

I scoffed. “I won’t forgive you unless you forgive me.”

Her eyes were pulled away from the floor to look at me. It was obvious that she was exhausted and in pain. “I forgive you.”

I leaped closer to her and touched her neck, which was smeared with my fingerprints. “If Samuel hadn’t separated me from you, I almost killed you.”

“I almost killed you with the leather belt that day.” She cracked