and multiple contusions. They wanted to keep m

days. Ethan never

y own disch

to our silent apartmen

ome pic

it. He

sorry you were in an a

s. Cole, but I was also his

phone a second later.

oulder, and walked back out to the garage. T

with cigar smoke and the

nd a few other business ass

ssion unchanged. "To

knew, smirked. "Ava, you loo

nore

said his goodbyes, then walke

me, heading towards Ethan's group. She

ing at me. "Don't you worry your pretty little head. Ethan

mach c

lfway down the hall.

Mark, who gestured towards the exit,

ied out

t. Ethan was holding the

owned. "What are

e to get in the fron

ve. A

the car was hea

in the rearview mirror, her

t her trendy Tribeca

get some rest, Chloe. Let my office

she said, her voice ful

d Ethan moved t

said, his

ent straight to the bar, po

my hospital stay,

, a stranger

th

one eyebr

t a di

t me, his eyes narrowing. For the first ti

did yo

quiet, but firm. "I've already spoken to

rolled, showed a flicker of s

, harsh laugh. "No

game are you playing now? Trying to get my

ed at his ca

't a game

stopping a few feet aw

away? After ten years? Afte

. "You gave me a beautiful c

apped. "You have everyth

her as more than a responsi

. "You're being ridiculous. You w

ve flinched. Would h

. The accident, his callousness, his words about Ch

'll find ou

t more like a museum exhibit than a home. I star

doorway. "What do yo

ng, Ethan.

abbing my arm. His

ot going