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“Why did you leave like that?”
“There’ll be time for us to talk about that later.”
I shook my head. “That’s what you said before. It’s later. Talk.”
“Admit it, Smoke. You were glad I left.”
“Not true.”
“Don’t lie.”
It was a struggle to keep my eyes open, but I was determined to have this conversation. “I’m not lying.”
She tried to get up, but this time, I put my arm around her waist. It hurt like hell when I did, but I couldn’t let her leave. I was too afraid I’d never see her again.
“Not lying,” I repeated.
“I heard you.”
She heard me? “What are you talking about?”
She let out a heavy sigh. “Talking to Decker.”
“When?”
“Before I left.”
It was getting as hard to talk as it was to keep my eyes open.
“Go to sleep, Smoke.” When she ran her fingers through my hair, I couldn’t fight it any longer.
* * *
It took me a minute to figure out where I was when I opened my eyes and light was streaming in through the bedroom window.
My body was stiff from sleeping in the same position all night, and my neck ached when I tried to turn it when I heard the door open.
“You’re awake,” said Siren’s uncle who really wasn’t her uncle. What the hell was his name? I couldn’t remember.
“Where’s Siren?”
“Siren? You mean Siobhan? She’s just in the other room, on the phone.”
I nodded and closed my eyes. “I need the bathroom.”
“Let me get some help.”
He rushed off before I could stop him. I shifted my body until I was close to the edge of the bed, bent my waist, and tried to sit up.
“Hang on, let me help you.”
“Hughes? What are you doing here?”
“I drove down to Kinsale last night. Took me a fecking long time to locate the two of you.”
I had a lot of questions, to most of which I didn’t really care what the answers were. “Listen, Hughes, I gotta take a piss.” He helped me up from the bed and held my arm. “I can walk, dammit.”
“The ogre is finally awake,” I heard Siren say from down the hall as I closed the bathroom door behind me.
