“Zach Jardin! How can you say that without feeling ashamed?”

“Be good.” After spending more than an hour in the bathroom, Madelyn’s pent-up tension finally went away. She felt completely tired. Zach helped her out of the bathtub, wrapped her in a towel, and dried her hair. She fell onto the pillow, snuggling naturally into the center of the bed.

In the middle of the night, a wave of heat washed over her. She wanted to kick off the covers, but it felt like she was next to a blazing furnace. Too drained to do anything, she thought, ‘ Whatever.’

was stirred by a rustling noise. She pulled her blanket tighter around her and drifted back to sleep. After getting dressed, Zach glanced back at the

hour later, he was at the hospital’s main entrance, buying a bouquet of lilies. Making his way to the in-patient area on the fifteenth

fell asleep

acting up from the recent cold snap, Sylvia got

playing on his phone. Eventually, he drifted off into a nap. After what felt like a long time, he sensed movement nearby. Stirring and sitting

wake up?” Forrest asked. With her hair flowing around her and wrapped in a shawl, Sylvia had a kind of regal appearance. She moved closer to him, placing a fallen blanket over his legs. “Not too long ago. worried you with I’m sorry I my flare-ups. I didn’t

was finished with work anyway, so we can spend time together. Are you hungry? I can make something

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