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I lean forward, and in the quietness of a whisper, when her lips finally touch me, I feel a bit of my soul melting into hers.
CHAPTER31
HOPE
This whole morningI haven't been able to think about anything else but Leo telling me that the next time we have sex, it will be in his bed. I'm not stupid; I knew that he would ask me sooner or later. At the moment, the thought of laying on a bed still makes me panic, just thinking about it now is making me panic. Maybe if I try it, ask Leo if I can sleep in my room on my own, maybe it will take me hours of staring at the bed, or days, but if I don't try I don't know. My body shivers just at the thought of it.
“Hope, the doctor’s here.” I look up at Leo walking over to the door.
“Doctor Adams, thank you for coming here first,” I hear Leo. Sitting up, I smile at her as she makes her way over to me.
“I had the morning free, ready for the meeting today.” She sits on the couch next to me. “So Hope, Leo said that you’re in pain.”
"Yeah, my wrists are really hurting, and things just don't feel right."
She takes my hand with the softest touch, even though I’ve been seeing her a while now I still can’t look at her fully.
"What I will do is take some blood, run some tests to see if the medication is working for you and just double check your blood levels." Opening her bag, she takes out a few things, and I look over at Leo walking over to the door.
Taking my jacket off, I put my arm out for her as Jackson walks into the office.
“Your arms are starting to look so much better, but you have to stop peeling.”
"That's what I keep telling her," Leo tells her, and I see him smiling as he makes his way back to his desk. He and Jackson start talking to each other as the doctor takes my blood.
“You look a lot healthier now, are you eating?”
“A little.”
She moves closer to me. “Hope, are you happy?”
“Yes, as much as I can be.” I don’t think I’ll ever be fully happy, but this is the closest I’ll be.
“Right, I’ll get a rush on this. I have your cell number, Leo gave it to me. I will call you later.” Packing her bag, she walks over to Leo and Jackson as I sit back into the couch.
I watch the three of them talking, not really listening to them. I hear a few things here and there. Mostly about the meeting and the building that Doctor Adams works in. Picking up the file of We Are Loved, I start flicking through it. There is a lot to read, and I haven't been able to finish it all yet.
I do like this idea, helping girls that need it; girls that are too scared to go to the police and the fact that Jackson will be the lawyer, I know they will be in good hands. What Leo is doing, putting so much money into this is amazing. The amount that We Are Loved alone needs is a lot, and on top of all that, he is about to knock down a building and have it all rebuilt for the project.
“Morning beautiful,” Jackson sits down next to me. “Did you miss me at breakfast?”
“Did you miss us at breakfast?”
“Well, I’m coming over tonight. I’ve heard you make this amazing hot chocolate.”
I give him a smile. One thing I do know about Jackson, whenever he does want to stay with one girl, they'll need to be able to cook, but I also get the feeling that Leo and Jackson never want anything more. They have both been through hell. I can see why they wouldn't trust anyone, not with their past.
Leo said that he never told anyone about his past. I’m the first girl he’s spoken to about it. I have no idea what it is about Leo and me, but we have this connection that’s on a level that I don’t know or understand.
The way that I was always treated, I always thought that’s the way all men would be, but not Leo.
The way he treats me, touches me, the electric shock that runs through me, the air around me, everything just makes me feel free.
"I'll make you some. I'll get some marshmallows too," I tell Jackson and his eyes light up. Leo is deep in conversation with Doctor Adams, so I whisper, "Can I ask you something, Jackson?"
“Always.”
“Do you have a plan to find Uncle Jack?”
