Chapter Forty-Four

Both men sat silently beside her bed, Deagan growing more and more agitated as the moments passed. Without so much as a word, Deagan stood up off his chair and stalked out of the room. Aycin let out a heavy sigh, knowing that his presence was like a ticking time bomb from the moment he entered the hospital and that bomb just exploded.

Hesitantly, Aycin followed him out of the building. There was a storm brewing in both of them and it was probably best that they got it over with. Preferably somewhere far away from that hospital room, the last thing he wanted was to cause Aria more stress.

Deagan was sitting on a bench with his head in his hands when Aycin approached him.

“Deagan?” his head shot up at the mention of his name.

“I can’t just sit back