“Um, I’m just gonna call a car.”
“I can take you home.” I’m surprised when the nurse offers it to me.
“Oh no, I couldn’t ask you to do that.”
“Why?” She crosses her arms across her chest as she looks at me. “Because when he finds out, he’s going to come after everyone who helped you.” My eyes widen as I look at her. “He’s not the first asshole I’ve dealt with.” She smirks. “And, well, Caroline helped me with my first, anyway. So it seems fitting.”
“Okay.” I whisper, nodding my head and then turning back to look at Dan. “Thank you.”
“Let me know if you need anything.”
I nod my head.
“And Tatum.” I look back at Dan before I walk with the nurse. “Don’t let Darren’s guilt trip you or scare you into anything. Zane’ll keep you safe.”
It’s kind of funny, because I’ve never doubted that Zane will keep me safe. In fact, that was the part that worried me. The distance that Zane would go to keep me safe.
I sit in the passenger seat of her car, as she doesn’t press me to talk. We remain silent for longer than most would probably feel comfortable with until I hear her clear her throat. “By the way I’m Lynette.” I can’t help but laugh to myself as I realize I’ve been in the car with her for this long without knowing it. “I can go inside and help you pack.”
“That’s okay. I’ll just be a few minutes.” I pause. “But don’t pull into the driveway.”
“Cameras?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, just tell me where.”
“Park in front of the house next door and I’ll go around back.”
“You sure you don’t want me to come in with you? We can get everything twice as fast. Then I can take you up to the grounds.”
“How do you know about the grounds?” I smirk, looking over at her.
“I told you Care helped me once upon a time. She convinced me to leave. Saved my life. They let me stay with them for a while. I think Ash threatened my ex at least once.”
“I’ve heard so much about them.” I smirk as I shake my head. “I wish I could have met them.”
“Caroline would have loved you.”
“I doubt that.” I laugh, shaking my head, but when I look over, she glances over at me. “I mean. If you would have seen his face when he found out about everything. I dream about it all the time. He was so hurt.”
“That was the thing with her. Hell with both of them.” She chuckles to herself. “When I was staying with them, I was having one of those moments. I’m awful. It’s all my fault. Whatever. She told me that life is fucking messy, but eventually, we figure our shit out.”
I look at her and smirk. “That’s actually encouraging.”
“And she would love you because she would see how her son feels about you. And she would see how you’re willing to do whatever it takes to protect him.”
“I don’t know about that. Because of me, he’ll probably end up in prison.”
“She wouldn’t consider that not protecting him.”
“Then what would it be?”
“Sometimes one is in more danger than the other and needs them to sacrifce more.”
I gasp before I look over at her. “That’s what killed them.”
“What do you mean?”
