The Right Choice: Difficult Choices 2 by Ava Gray

Author:Ava Gray [Gray, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-02T18:30:00+00:00

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Creeping through the hospital, trying to hide from Gavin, was the worst feeling in the world, but it was what I had resigned myself to doing. Today was the day Drew was headed home to be with his parents. Gavin and I hadn’t spoken since that night at his place when I had left him in silence. Eleven days total we had been separated without so much as a call or text message.

I would have been a liar to say that I wasn’t curious how he was doing, but part of me felt a huge weight off my shoulders without him pressuring me daily. I hadn’t exactly forgotten how much I loved him though, and nights without his goodnight messages or cute snaps on Snapchat were difficult. I hadn’t been sleeping well. Violet noticed how I hadn’t been eating either and sternly reminded me that I’d already been through mourning for Drew once, that I shouldn’t “lay another man in the grave before his time.”

That had ended in a horrible argument, and she had gone to Mom and Dad’s house. And I had cried myself to sleep that night. Despite the toll all of this was taking on my physical body, I had determined to be there for Drew. None of this had been his fault and he was suffering like a trooper, and on this, his day of release, I had to have a brave face. So, there I stood, waiting until Doctor Gavin Carpenter walked away from the nurses station before rounding the corner to go to Drew’s room.

When I thought the coast was clear, I headed down the hall, the heels of my shoes clicking on the floor. But I heard his voice echo down the hall and almost leapt out of my skin. The closest thing to hide behind was a tall rolling cart that held trays of food, and I ducked behind it before he made his appearance, walking out of what looked to be a break room or something.

I stood there surrounded by the aroma of crappy hospital food with my back to the hall. And trying not to eavesdrop on his conversation with another doctor about something, I kept my head down and waited for him to walk away. It was one agonizing moment after another until the conversation faded out into just white noise. My eyes locked onto a tiny corner of wallpaper that had peeled up from the wall; I wanted to pick at it, but I kept my hands folded together in front of myself.

The nurse came and pulled the cart farther down the hall, closer to Gavin and nearer to the center of my panic, and I followed cautiously. Thankfully the nurse did not see me and question what I was doing, but someone else did. Before Alice and Henry saw me, I heard them. She was talking so loudly, I thought maybe the entire hospital heard her.

My eyes flicked to Gavin’s face as the loud chatter neared. His

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