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"No, I just don't want to puke again," she pouted.
"Stay still and let that medicine do its thing," he said, kissing her forehead and leaving her to rest. "Call me if you need me."
Tina just moaned and turned over in bed.
Daniel called into work and to Tina's school, then called Harry when Tina drifted back to sleep. He went into his en suite bathroom so he could speak openly about it with Harry, the way he'd tell Tina would be gentler.
"Hey, man, what's up?" Harry asked.
"I got a bit of an issue with Cassandra," he sighed.
"Shit! What happened?"
"Turns out her ex is a nutcase stalker and she moved here to escape the prick."
"Jesus! Really?"
"The guy must be an animal or something, he broke into her place in Atlanta and assaulted her. And get this, her name isn't even Cassandra, her name is Anna. She's hiding from the bastard."
"You ending it?"
"Hell no!"
"You sure it's a good idea to get involved in all that?"
"It doesn't feel like I have a choice, she's the one I want. Anna is the only woman I've been able to see myself with since Candace, and she's the only one who's ever looked twice at me."
"I get it, just be careful with all this," Harry sighed.
"I will. I don't want to be selfish, and I never want to take risks with Tina but . . . I didn't realize how depressed I was getting until I met her."
"You were?" Harry asked.
"I haven't thought much of myself since I lost Candace, I stopped believing that I had anything to offer a woman anymore. You know as well as anyone that nobody ever loved me like Candace did, she really understood me . . . it feels like Anna does too."
"I didn't know you felt down like that."
"It crept in kind of slow. I've just been alone for so long, and I can see Anna and me being happy together. I don't want to let some asshole take this away from me before it even starts."
"You're right, just don't go letting your guard down."
"I won't."
"Good luck with telling Tina."
"Yeah . . . that's the next thing."
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Just before lunch, Tina could drink some chicken broth, and Daniel asked if she was well enough to talk.
"Sure . . . what is it?"
"This is a big thing so it can wait if you're not OK."
"Just tell me," she answered, rolling toward him in bed.
"It's about Cassandra. She was married before she moved to Brooke way and the man she was married to was a really bad person."
