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“Why did you come back here, Coralyn? You could have
just gone to your apartment. If you wanted to be alone, you
could have gone there. You didn’t have to bring the car back.
You knew you didn’t.” She was pressing. Too rough. Too
much. She needed to do it.
“I did,” Coralyn bit back furiously, all claws and teeth. “I
had to bring it back. I had to tell you that this isn’t going to
work.”
“No. That’s not why you came back here.” It was in the air
between them, the real intent, shimmering, just out of reach,
wild and hard. They were both raw. Both chafing against the
other. “I want you to tell me why you really came here.”
“I just did!”
“You came here because you didn’t want to be alone. You
didn’t want to go back to your silent apartment and shower
and change and go back to the hospital. You don’t want to be
alone when it happens. You don’t want to be alone after.”
“What I want doesn’t matter. I want my dad to be healthy
and alive and the universe is taking him anyway.”
“I know. And you’re angry about that. You want to rage
about that. Let it out. You can do that. You don’t have to be
perfect. You don’t have to pretend that everything is fine when
it’s not. You can let it go. Cry. Scream. Whatever you need.”
She shouldn’t be pushing her so hard, but she sensed that
Coralyn was reaching a breaking point, and that this was truly
what she needed. She needed her there with her. She didn’t
need to be alone. She didn’t need to walk away. She didn’t
need them to break apart when they needed to be together. “I
want it,” Giana whispered. “Anything you have to give. I’m
more than strong enough to take it. Take it from you if you
