twenty minutes aft

own and his vitals are holding. We've given him med

Evelyn said, he

monitor him for the next hour

time? Was it the sa

sed at that. A

to be thorough. There are some areas we'd like to investigate more closely." He looked at her carefully.

doctor's gaze

ture," she said. "I'll provid

ed professional

we have. I'll come find you as

k through the

down and di

ed, she went to get coffee f

m f

to be okay

n't kno

oo stubborn to let a hospital win." She

k it witho

his hair slightly disordered, like he had le

straight to her, and she stood up without thinki

her face briefly into his shoul

Daniel said i

g. They're runn

oked at her face, hands on he

m f

ely

el. I just need

n to argue with that face. He nodded and sat down

ins when Evelyn heard his

He wa

s him. But she looked up, and he wa

yes moved immediately to her - scanning, an

n sto

stood

elyn. Then back at Aidan. Somet

was low and out of b

you to come,"

kno

ur concern.You

e abou

hat." she said quietly

t back away. But he also did n

tepped f

t aggressively. Just plainly. "She clearly doesn'

ooked a

ely

" she said.

sed Aidan's fa

him, tapped his arm once. "Le

d and wa

en she sat back down. Daniel sat beside her and

*

going down, Ai

hing either, which was one of the t

the ground floor a

d at the

a

nswe

the same time, the way it always was when she was

been

a stupid deal. How busy can you possibly be?

oss her. " You know what? This is

wrong wi

aid it's not

, Aidan, and I've had exactly two texts from yo

e of something, J

what I always talk about. You disappear into work and I'm just supposed to si

m standing outside a hospital right now. Whatever you wa

le

ifted."Why are you at a ho

her fake concern.

n wh

ssed two fingers to his tem

you can'

and I can't do anything about it, and you're calling me to complain about wha

g sil

he said slowly. "

esn't

does. You

nd you don't even realise it. That is the problem with you. Every time s

. He wanted to say 'second worst decision he ever made'. B

ed the

**

light to Milan, a woman sat very st

ll had

were wrapped around the phone. Her face wore the smooth, p

eyes, something

oy. What l

and know personally in Mila

ery casually, about the Milan business deal. The one Aidan had flown out personally to clo

as the name o

slowly. "Ugh, Evelyn. I'

attendant

n Milan in approximately forty

miled, warm and easy

ter, tha

back out t

his life for six years by le

y mi

thed her dress, and smiled

time t