Brian stops at a Walmart.

He parks the car. “I’d tell you to come in with me, but I think the backless hospital gown is going to get some odd looks.” He grins. “Maybe even get you arrested. Indecent exposure and all that.”

I laugh. “I wasn’t thinking about clothes when you wheeled me out of the ward. But, yes. I need some. I can pay you back.”

He shakes his head. “Don’t mention it.”

His

gaze

rakes me from head to toe, like he’s seeing beneath this thin cotton gown. I hold my breath.

“Keep the truck running,” he says. “And the doors locked. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

cross the parking lot and enter the store. In this part of the country, there aren’t many stores and

gives at least two hours until my father’s funeral

be close, but I don’t see any reason

minutes, I move to unbuckle the seatbelt to get more comfortable, and I feel something heavy beside me. It’s my phone, in the pocket of this

are from Adam. But

seeing his name fills me

much hurt.

couldn’t be honest

what? Because I threatened to divorce him?

as I’m holding the phone and it

like that. But I have no intention of answering. No matter how many

the feeling, knowing that he’s

Why?

can he

side door

shove the phone in

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