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Please don’t make me leave him.
“Ashley!” The voice of an angel says my name, and I know this has to be the end. I know he’s not here.
I open my mouth to protest, but all that comes out is a whispered, “Ryan.”
Then it’s black again.
∞∞∞
Bright. So bright.
I try and blink away the light, but it remains.
Groaning, I turn away, my throat protesting at the vibrations.
“Ashley, baby, sweetheart.” It almost sounds like Ryan. But I know that it can’t be.
“Please, Ash, look at me,” the voice begs desperately.
“Ryan.” I mouth his name, only a slight whispered breath leaving my lips. I wish I could see him just one last time before I have to go.
Chapter 23
A steady beeping sound breaks through the dense fog that’s been covering my brain, and my eyes flutter open to harsh fluorescent lighting.
What happened? Where am I?
My eyes lazily take in my surroundings. I see pale blue walls cut in half by wainscoting, a TV is mounted in the upper right corner playing the local news, stiff, stark white sheets cover my legs, and next to my head are machines that won’t stop beeping.
I’m in a hospital.
Closing my eyes, flashes of what happened play behind my lids, and a chill runs through me.
I was in a car accident, I think. I was trying to leave, and I was blinded by headlights, and then I spun out.
The rest is all a blur. I only remember snippets of what happened after.
It was dark, I was cold, and my head hurt. It still does.
A warm hand brushes a curl from my forehead, and I open my eyes to a familiar pair of worried blue ones.
Then it all rushes back to me. Why I was leaving last night, and where I was going. Home.
“Go,” I tell him, my voice dry and rough as I pull away from him. Too fast, though, because the sudden movement causes my head to spin.
“What’s wrong?”
“Leave. Go. I don’t want you here.”
“Ashley, sweetheart, it’s me. Ryan.”
“Don’t call me that. Don’t call me anything.” I look over at him with emotionless eyes. “Just go.”
The hurt look in his eyes stabs me in the gut, and my heart clenches in my chest.
He has no reason to be hurt. I’m hurt.
“Why? Tell me why, or I’m not going. Don’t push me away.”
