Fall for Me by Claudia Burgoa

Author:Claudia Burgoa [Burgoa, Claudia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Literally Alpaca Publications, LLC

Chapter Twenty

Hunter

“How are you?” Jensen arrives a couple of hours later, carrying a bag of things for Willow.

I shrug, watching Willow breathe calmly. She rests best if I’m by her side. The few times I left to make phone calls, she started mumbling and having nightmares. After calling Jensen, I chose to stay beside her with her molded to my body.

Fitz and Mr. Beesley are flying back tonight. Their plane lands around midnight. Scott flew to North Carolina to pick up Hazel and deliver the news in person. He didn’t want her to learn about the incident while she was by herself. Harrison called from Seattle to check on Willow and me.

“Sorry, man,” he said. “Tell me how to help you.”

“We’re fine,” I lied. “She should be going home tomorrow.”

“Do you need us to set up anything special?”

“Ask Mr. Beesley. I’m not sure what’s going to happen after tomorrow.”

“Got you.” He understood I had no fucking idea what tomorrow would bring. “I’ll be around if you need something.”

The conversation with Fitz’s assistant shed light on what happened with Willow. She had no recollection of the flower delivery, or the conversation with Willow, and didn’t have time for a late-night phone call. I inform Fitz of what I’ve gathered so far, and he promises to fire her. My girlfriend’s fragile state isn’t her fault. Not doing her job and giving false information over the phone is what’s getting her fired.

“Do you want me to stay?” Jensen sets the bag next to the bed and looks at Willow before moving his gaze to me. “How are you?”

“Why do you ask that? I’m not the one on the bed barely alive.”

“How are you?” he repeats.

“Fine.” This isn’t a lie. Currently, I don’t feel anything. My entire system is shutting down.

“Harrison is on his way back from Seattle,” Jensen announces. I huff when he gives me the news.

I’m not the one who needs protection and help. She needs understanding from all of us. My brothers might not comprehend that, like Hazel, Willow needs a family, too. Jensen tells me he’s going to stay in the waiting room to watch reruns of M*A*S*H.

A couple of hours later, Grant Beesley enters the room, his strained eyes watching his granddaughter. “Hunter, what happened?” He raises her hands and looks at the inside of her wrists. He sighs in relief. “Thank God. I thought she had done what her mother did at her age.”

“What happened to her mother?”

“She slit her wrists,” he answers. “Nothing deep, but bad enough to scare my son.”

He pinches the bridge of his nose as he takes a deep breath. “I hope she lets me help her. She’s a sweet girl, you know. I love her. We just don’t get along well. I should try harder.” His eyes lift, meeting mine. “Thank you for looking after her.”

I nod, turning to Fitz who is observing from the door. There are no words coming out of his mouth, but I hear his question. Are you okay? I shrug.

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