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Hours it felt like, based on how stiff I felt when I finally pulled my face from his neck.
When he saw my face, he cupped it, then pressed a kiss to my forehead, making the tears start to well up all over again.
“Are you hungry?” he asked when he pulled back.
I shrugged. “Not really.”
The frown that marred his face was cute.
“When’s the last time you ate?” he asked.
I couldn’t remember when.
“It’s been a while,” I admitted. “But I’m not hungry.”
He stood up, then we were walking into the kitchen.
When we got there, he sat me on the counter, then he was pressing buttons on the coffee maker.
I watched him, slightly amazed when he made me one exactly the way I liked it, even going as far as to choose the correct pod of coffee.
After he put creamer and sugar in it, he sat it next to me then found the pantry without me having to show him. He emerged with one of my favorite snacks, Honey Nut Cheerios.
After pouring me a bowl, sans milk—something else I’d mentioned all of one time and he’d remembered—he set it next to me, then placed both of his hands on either side of my hips before saying, “Eat.”
I reached for a few Cheerios, pushing them past the lump in my throat that had yet to go away.
When I was about halfway through the bowl, he reached for the coffee and handed it to me.
I took a sip, sighing when it tasted just right.
“You remembered,” I said, gently placing the coffee cup back onto the counter.
He tucked a stray piece of my hair behind my ear then said, “Honey, I remember everything that you told me, down to the very last minutia of details.”
I leaned forward and rested my forehead against his. “My sister is dead.”
Just saying the words felt wrong.
Like I was about to get struck dead myself.
“I know,” he replied. “I’m going to tell you this now, because I don’t want you to question why I’m here and how I know, but my sisters know no boundaries. They looked into you, and we have this friend who…” he hesitated. “She’s a hacker and I promise you it wasn’t my idea to invade your privacy like this. But I’m kind of glad that they did in a way, because you would’ve been sitting here by yourself for longer than you needed to.”
I swallowed past a lump.
Then a connection popped through my head, and I straightened.
“Are you part of the circus or are you part of the circus.”
His lips twitched. “I didn’t make the connection until they shared it with me, either. Yes, my sister is the one who saved your brother’s life five years ago.”
My jaw dropped. “What?”
“Val,” he answered. “She was the doc who saved your brother’s life in the ER that night.”
It was all making sense now.
Oh, how small this world was.
