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CHAPTER 59

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DRIVE TO SKYBOUND

I got to the door and bumped straight into someone.

“Oh my God…. I’m so sorry,” I blurted, instinctively reaching down as she staggered and almost fell. My hands shook as I tried to steady her, my heart already racing from the escape.

“Oh no, it’s fine,” she said lightly. Then she looked up. And my chest dropped. Bar girl. “What are you doing here?” she asked, squinting slightly, then smiling as recognition settled in. “I remember you.”

Of course she did.

I didn’t have time for this. I didn’t have time for her memory, her curiosity, her anything. Every second felt stolen, borrowed. Adrian could walk out at any moment. A nurse could call my name. Someone could ask questions I wasn’t ready to answer.

“I’m headed home,” I said quickly, forcing a smile that felt glued onto my face.

She didn’t move out of the way. Instead, her eyes dropped, slowly, deliberately, taking in the patient robe, the IV mark still faintly visible on my arm, my bare legs against the cold floor.
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