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“Her behavior made me realize something.”
“What’s that?”
“Is this why you ended things with her, Striker? Did you find out you couldn’t have kids, or decided you didn’t want to?”
Striker looked up at Razor, who shook his head. “Don’t look at me.”
“Why didn’t you just tell her the truth?”
Before he could answer, Ava walked away.
“I didn’t say a word, dude,” Razor told him, holding up his hands.
“I didn’t say you did.”
“I gotta catch up with her.”
Striker watched Razor walk away and took a deep breath befo
re opening the door to Aine’s room.
“Why won’t you leave?” she cried when he walked back over to the bed.
“I can’t.”
“You can.” She tried to hide her tears by covering her face with her hands.
Striker sat on the side of the bed and took both of her hands in his, pulling them away from her face. “Remember before, when I told you we would talk after things settled down?”
“Yes.”
“I think we should do it now.”
She didn’t say anything, but she didn’t tell him to leave again either.
“A few minutes ago, you told me you thought it was for the best that you and Stuart broke up.”
Aine nodded.
“Because you know how important having a family is to him.”
“That isn’t why I broke up with him, Striker.”
“I know that, but it’s how you felt after the doctor told you that you might not be able to get pregnant.”
“Where are you going with this?”
He hoped he was doing the right thing, but he’d started, so he had to finish.
“Earlier this year, I got a call saying my sister had died.”
Aine nodded.
“The man who called me was her doctor. Pam, that was her name, had been seeing him for about a year, trying her damndest to get clean.”
“I’m sorry, Griffin.”
He smiled. “I like hearing my name on your lips.”
