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He deflated. “I’m going to have to dump all my clients on Whitley. He won’t be thrilled.”
I dug my fingers into his leg. “You need to have something to do to occupy your mind. Penelope wouldn’t want you to give up everything.”
“Her recovery will occupy my mind,” he said petulantly.
“Just don’t do anything rash.”
“What about you?” he challenged. “Are you going to continue your work with Earth Warriors?”
“I’m going to take a step back. As soon as we’re settled into the facility, I’ll name Neil as interim director.” It was the right thing to do. I couldn’t concentrate on anything but Penelope. And Neil was the right person for the job. I trusted him.
“So it’s fine for you to step back, but not me?”
“Do you want to argue? Because I’m not up for it. Although you were very quick to remind me that my job is meaningless compared to your very important one,” I said, my temper rising.
“Arguing is what we do,” he muttered.
The words were like a shot to my already fragile heart. “What are you saying?”
He shoved out of his chair. “That I need to take a walk.”
The door slammed when he stormed out. I jumped then slid farther into my chair.
I didn’t want to argue.
How dare he question my decision to pull back from work? Penelope was in critical condition. She needed me.
She needs him too.
But Kane had a more active brain than I did. He needed more than one thing to focus on at a time.
And one of those things should be supporting me instead of starting a fight.
I put a hand to my head and sighed.
He wasn’t angry at me any more than I was at him.
Our nerves were already on end, and the meeting with Dr. Anderson hadn’t been devastating but it hadn’t been the good news we wanted either.
We were the closest targets for each other to take out our frustrations on.
And I couldn’t be mad at him.
He was upset because he cared. A time not so long ago, I wouldn’t have thought him capable. I was so happy to know I was wrong.
Every minute that passed, Kane proved what an amazing father he was. He was more than I could’ve ever asked for, and I needed to keep that in mind.
He’d been my rock through this hellacious day. I still wanted to curl into a ball and cry myself silly. Kane had given me strength.
I just hoped I could give him some too.
Because if Dr. Anderson was right, and I was sure he was, we were going to need a lot of strength to see our daughter through to a full recovery.
I wasn’t sure what would be left of us when we did.
CHAPTERNINE
KANE
