POV: MARA KADEThe Royal Marsden is on the Fulham Road. Twenty minutes by cab if the traffic cooperates. I know this because I looked it up at half past six this morning while Adrian was still asleep, which tells me something about where the decision already was even then, well before I told myself I had until tonight to be certain.I call Jenna on the way.She answers before the second ring, which means she was already awake and already waiting. She knows me well enough to have been doing both."You are going," she says. Not a question."Yes," I say."Now.""Now. Before I think about it long enough to make it into something larger than it needs to be."A pause. The pause of Jenna deciding how much of what she is thinking to say and in what order. "How do you feel?""I will tell you after," I say. "I do not know yet.""Are you taking Adrian?""No. This one is mine.""Good," she says, which surprises me slightly. "It should be. No one else in the room for this one." She pauses. "Call m
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