Chapter 14

Jasper

It was a wild guess. We wanted answers and I intended to get them, there was nothing that could have made sense here so the only thing you can do is throw a shot in the dark and hope it sticks. And this was my shot in the dark.

As the doctor did tests and took blood as needed, I saw Amaya feeling increasingly uncomfortable. It got to the point where she would flinch at any movement, I put my hand on her thigh to try and give her comfort but the longer my hand was there the longer she stayed tense.

“Can we take a break?” I asked before the doctor stuck a needle into her again on the opposite side of her. The doctor nodded, putting the needle on the tray next to her and leaving, as the door closed Amaya let out a huge sigh of relief. I rested my arm slightly above her head and started to play with her curls that were slicked up into a ponytail on the top of her head. She closed her eyes and slightly leaned into my hand.

“Mmm. That’s something I never let people do” she sai