Nora's POVThe next day, I went to check out of the hospital alone.My body was still weak, just barely recovered. My face was bloodless. I clung to the wall and dragged myself forward one step at a time.At the billing window, I saw Ryan. He had an arm around Phoebe, carefully lowering her onto a bench in the hallway.He looked up, and his eyes met mine."Nora?"I looked at Phoebe, so fragile she apparently couldn't manage on her own, and then at myself, fighting just to stay on my feet, and my heart skipped."Hi," Phoebe said. She got up when she saw me coming, eyes timid, as if I might swallow her whole the moment she let her guard down."You don't have to keep playing the victim. I get it. I won't hold it against you anymore.""I know you're past thirty now, under all kinds of stress. Hormones out of balance, moods all over the place. It's only natural you'd lash out at me without meaning to. I'm still young, and Ryan keeps me so well protected, so I can't really understand what yo
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