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“I don’t know what we can do.”
“We’ll figure something out,” Wes said, his voice gentle. “But I think we need to talk about what’s going on with you.”
Kerry knocked on the door and stuck her head in. “Are you ready for me?”
“Sure,” I said, eager for the interruption.
Wes patted my hand. “We’ll talk more later.”
“Maybe not today,” Kerry said, ushering him out of the way. “Hannah needs to rest.”
I’d never be able to tell her, but Kerry might just be my new favorite person.
Chapter 11
Wes
“Why didn’t you tell me before?” I asked Brian.
He shoved his hands into his pockets. “I don’t know, but she specifically asked me not to tell you that she was going to see her doctor. Which is why I knew I needed to.”
I went and stood by the windows. “I don’t know why she’d want to keep something from me.”
Brian scratched his head. “Maybe she doesn’t want you to worry? You do sort of worry a lot—and hover. You’ve been hovering.”
“Not my little brother,” a voice I’d know anywhere boomed.
I turned. “Ellis?”
My big brother grinned at me from the middle of Gabe and Lauren’s kitchen. “Levi said I’d find you here.”
He shook Brian’s hand, then came over, pulling me in for a quick hug. If I was a big guy, Ellis was a huge one. He was six foot four and thickly muscled. It felt like being hugged by a large boulder.
“You look good, buddy,” he said, examining me. “No more wheelchair?”
“I’m done with it.”
“You got cleared?”
“I sort of cleared myself.”
Ellis patted me on the shoulder in full-on big-brother mode. “Sounds about right. How’re you feeling?”
“I’m better. I’m going back to see Dr. Kim, and I’m hoping to get the green light to go back to work.”
Beneath his buzz cut, Ellis’s eyebrow arched a fraction. “Seems a little early, doesn’t it?”
“Didn’t you just retire?” I asked him.
“Yeah. So?”
“Seems a little early for that, too.”
Brian coughed. “I’ll see you guys later.”
Ellis looked around. “Where is everybody? How’s Hannah?”
“She’s not good—she just had a panic attack. The paramedics left here an hour ago.”
