The Clover Romance Collection by Danielle Stewart

Author:Danielle Stewart [Stewart, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Devin

Hospitals feel a little like prison. Something about the small room and metal bars on my bed are making me claustrophobic. Click steps into my room, his leg bandaged and as he limps my way, I don’t try to hide my anxiety. Maybe if he knows I’m about to freak out he’ll spring me from this place and its beeping machines and restraining IV lines.

“You all right?” he asks me, clearly knowing the answer is no. “I was just in with Adeline and Rebecca and they’re both doing well.”

“Good,” I say, shifting in my bed. “She’s not coming down here, is she? She’s staying with Adeline, right?”

“I’m sure once she has Adeline settled, she’ll come down. Why?”

“I don’t really want her here. I need some time. She can’t come in right now.” I know my words sound frantic but they’re coming out before I can get control of them.

“Why? What’s the matter with you? Do you need the doctor to come back in?” Click asks, his hand back on the door to my room, ready to call someone in.

“No, I’m just sitting here thinking and nothing is working out in my head. I need to sort things out before I’m ready to see her again. I can’t have her in here when I’m feeling this mixed up.”

“Mixed up about what? You got what you wanted. You know what happened to Brent, and Rebecca is free. How can you need anything more than that?”

I screw up my face, not believing Click doesn’t understand the problem. “He killed himself. His dad was pumping him full of drugs that made him unstable and aggressive, and he didn’t have a say in that. Do you know how long I’ve hated him? I mean a deep, down to my core, kind of hate for Brent. I didn’t kill him but I was glad he was dead. What does that make me?”

“I’m sure at some point he realized he was taking steroids and made the choice to keep taking them. He wasn’t completely innocent in the matter, and his choice to take his life was just that, his choice.”

“If I saw that today—a kid like that with a dad like his—I wouldn’t walk away from it. I look at Adeline and I can’t imagine how anyone could treat his child like that, treat any child like that. The kid was broken, and when he was at his lowest, I snapped his arm and ruined his chance at getting his dad off his back.”

“You defended yourself while being attacked by someone on anabolic steroids. You used a tactical move that saved you from severe bodily harm. Don’t make it more than it is. Don’t blame yourself for something you couldn’t control.”

“I knew he played football. I knew what I was about to do would likely break his arm. The kid was destroyed inside and I did nothing but make it worse. I hated him. I blamed him. And now he’s a victim? I don’t know what to do with that.

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