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CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWOGABRIEL'S POVI was reading the hospital's reply to Carol Bennett's complaint when Cole came through the door of the shipping office without knocking."Boss.""I'm busy.""Riley's bleeding.""Where is Scarlett?""Inside. She won't leave the room."I stood up. The paper slid off my knee onto the floor. "What did you say?""She's bleeding. Miss Lenay is in there with her and she's screaming for the doctor. I called Dr. Hale. She's on her way.""Bleeding how badly?""I don't know. I didn't go in. I heard the noise and came straight to you."I was already moving. I took the stairs two at a time, and I heard my own footsteps hammering and it came to me that I hadn't run in years.The door was open. Reyes stood in the hall with his back against the wall and his hands hanging empty. He looked at me and didn't say a word.Inside, Riley lay on her side on the bed with her knees drawn up. Her face was gray. Her eyes were half open and not looking at anything. Scarlett knelt o

CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOURRILEY'S POVI woke up in a bed with rails on both sides and decided, before I even opened my eyes, that I didn't know where I was.It wasn't hard. I just let my face go slack and my breathing go uneven, and I stayed that way while a nurse's shoes squeaked across the floor and the voices around me began to settle."She's awake," someone said. "Her eyes moved.""Riley?" A woman leaned over me. "Can you hear me, sweetheart?"I blinked slowly. I let my eyes drift from her face to the ceiling and back again."Where am I?""You're in the hospital. St. Anne's. Do you remember coming here?""No.""That's all right. What's your name?""Riley." I frowned. "Riley... Kane?""Good. And do you know what day it is?""Is it Tuesday?""It's Friday.""Oh." I let my hand shake. It wasn't difficult. "I was supposed to be at class.""You don't need to worry about class right now." She patted my arm. "I'm Tasha. I'll be with you until the afternoon. Are you hungry?""I don't think so."

CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIXJAX'S POVThe fourth floor of St. Anne's had two doors, and I had to be buzzed through both.The first one opened onto a short hallway with a nurses' station at the end of it. A woman in teal scrubs sat behind the counter with a clipboard. She looked at me, then at a sheet of paper, then at me again."Name?""Jax Harlan.""You're on the list." She slid a form across the counter. "Sign in, please. Any phones, keys, or sharp objects?""Keys.""Put them in the tray." She watched me do it. "I'm Tasha. I'm Riley's nurse until three. Mr. Kane wrote this list himself, so you're one of four people who can see her.""Where is he?""He left earlier. He said he'd come back tonight.""How is she?"Tasha's face softened. "She's quiet. She doesn't say much. She eats when we ask her to.""Does she know where she is?""She knows it's a hospital. That's about all.""Has she asked for anyone?""Her brother. Her friend." Tasha hesitated. "And this morning she asked if the tall man wou

CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHTJAX'S POVBishop was leaning against my truck when I came out of the rink.Practice had run on for long this time. The team was still filing out behind me, and I walked slowly with my bag over my shoulder, hoping he would be gone by the time I reached the lot.But he wasn't. He stood there with his arms folded, chewing gum, and watching me come."Harlan."He called out."Bishop." I responded."It's Thursday.""I know what day it is.""Then you know what's due." He opened the passenger door of a gray van parked beside my truck. "Get in.""My truck's right here.""Your truck stays. Get in."I looked at the van. The rink doors opened behind me, and a few of the younger guys came out laughing. Derek lifted a hand, and I lifted mine back."You want to grab food?" he called."Can't.""You always can't.""I know. Next week.""You say that every week, man.""I mean it every week.""Coach is worried about you, you know.""I know.""He asked me if you were sick.""What did

CHAPTER NINETYRILEY'S POVI didn't sleep that night.I lay under the blue blanket with my eyes shut and my breathing slow, in case anyone was watching through the glass. Inside, my mind kept running the same three words. The red door.I had told one person. Six hours later, the line was in print.I went through it again and again. Dani had been on the couch with me all afternoon. She hadn't left the day room. She hadn't made a call, because patients weren't allowed to. She had the tablet, but it only worked inside the unit.So how had my words reached whoever ran the account?Nobody had come in from outside. Nobody had taken anything out. It had to go through the tablet, or through the girl. Either way, it had gone fast.Around four, I heard Tasha's sneakers pass the door. I opened my eyes just enough to see her shadow on the glass. She stopped, looked in, and moved on.Her shadow came back a minute later, and the door opened a crack."You're awake," Tasha whispered."I can't sleep."