Harlequin Special Edition September 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Brenda Harlen

Author:Brenda Harlen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“Okay, go to work. I’ll be back tomorrow at zero seven hundred,” Liam said on Friday morning when a nurse came to retrieve Declan’s breakfast tray and take him to physical therapy.

“You’re serious about that?” Declan said.

“Every day as long as I’m around. Conor got it okayed and I’ll be here for breakfast with you. Conor’ll come, too, when he can—doing a new residency to switch from ER to orthopedics has him tied up a lot—but I’ll be here come hell or high water. Count on it.”

“Okay,” Declan said, agreeing without a fight.

The ease of that concession surprised Liam but he thought there might be the faintest hint of something not quite as disheartened in that single word.

Declan had shown no enthusiasm when Liam had arrived this morning and announced the breakfast plan that he’d put into play through Conor last night after talking to Dani. And it wasn’t as if Liam’s presence had seemed to lift his twin’s spirits.

But now, while that barely uttered word might not have seemed like anything to get excited about, to Liam it was the first encouraging sign from his brother.

Liam left Declan to the nurse, glad he’d taken seriously what Dani had said the night before.

After talking to her he still hadn’t known exactly how to help Declan. But he’d thought about what she’d said about her father, about her mother figuring out how to help her father, and he’d tried to translate that into something he could do.

He’d decided that for now maybe he should just be there for Declan. Spend more time with him than he’d planned or thought he might be able to, and maybe that would give Declan the opportunity to begin to open up. Even if that didn’t turn Declan around, it might at least give some clue to something more Liam could do to help. Like Dani’s mother hitting on the boat idea to help her father.

If nothing else, he was going to make damn sure that his brother knew Liam was thankful not to have lost him. That one way or another he wouldn’t let him go down with the ship. And he was going to do that by starting every day at that rehab hospital with Declan.

From the rehab center Liam headed for the hardware store, feeling better than he had the day before when he’d left his twin.

Seeing Declan for the first time yesterday had been frustrating and discouraging and left him with a sense of powerlessness—something that he rarely experienced.

Now, despite not having a clear mission with all the details figured out, he at least had a plan to put into motion. Having even an undetailed plan of action helped him feel slightly less useless.

And again it was thanks to Dani.

He wasn’t sure what he would do without her right now, he thought as he got on the highway. Somehow she’d become his guiding light as he trod through the current murky waters—first with the kids and now with Declan.

Just talking

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