Page 187 of John + Siena: The Complete Duet

She glanced back at him again. “I miss him.”

John.

She always missed him.

She hadn’t seen him in months.

Andino nodded once. “I know that, too. Soon, Siena. I know he’ll be getting out soon. He made the choice to stay in the facility for this long because of his own health. He chose stability. That’s the thing about John, and being bipolar. I don’t think he’s ever really chosen stability before now. And with that comes taking a hard, long look at a lot of things in his life. I don’t think he felt it was good for him mentally to try handling his personal business while dealing with everything outside of it, too.”

“I want him to be good.”

She wanted John to be healthy, and happy.

Safe.

He was not going to come out to stability, or safety.

Not now.

“He’s going to be fucking great,” Andino said with a grin, “as long as you’re still waiting for him when he’s ready to come back, then nothing else matters.”

“Of course, I’ll be waiting.”

She loved John.

Nothing was ever going to change that.

Andino nodded. “So, hey, what’s the thirtieth looking like for you?”

“Of this month?”

“Yeah.”

Siena shrugged. “Yoga.”

Andino chuckled. “Thought so. I’ll be waiting. We should really go visit John.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, girl, really.”

That made everything so much better.

“Okay, go before someone sees you with me,” she said, flicking her hand at him.

Andino rolled his eyes. “Trust me—they’re all too stuck up their own asses to even think about you right now. You didn’t seriously think this whole show was just about fucking with their heads, did you?”

“Well …”

Yeah, kind of.

Andino smirked. “I will always find a way to get my message in, Siena, no matter how protected they think you are. Do you have a new phone?”

“Yeah, Kev changed it again last week.”

“Same old, same old.”

Siena nodded once. “Random wrong numbers, I know.”

“This whole thing isn’t forever, remember. Soon, you’ll have what you want.”

Not what.

Who.

She reminded herself daily that this wasn’t forever.

No, it was just for right now.

Forever was going to be far more beautiful.