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“I get it. Your healing is first in line. The rest can wait.”
“Exactly. Oh God!” I gasped, feeling like I’d stumbled upon gold.
“What?”
“Nothing. I just found the collard greens. This is going to be a very flavorful summer. Maybe I can put on that weight you’ve been swearing I can’t all my life.”
“Honey, let’s just get you back to your original weight and then we can worry about that.”
“You have no faith in your friend.”
“I have all the faith in you. I know you, Aeir. You defied science.”
“It still blows my mind.”
“Yours, mine, the whole medical team, your family… everyone.”
“God makes no mistakes, Jae. I’m here for a reason. I just have to find out what that reason is.”
“To live.” She put it plain and simple.
I combed the columns to see what the land had to offer. Harvesting would be a thrill for me each and every day. I could feel it in my bones. Rows and rows and rows of fresh, homegrown food for me to enjoy was almost too good to be true. But, I’d been made a believer time and time again. This time, there wasn’t much of a difference.
“I’m heading out of the door in a few. I just wanted to call and check in to make sure you’re okay.”
“I’m fine. Thanks so much. I have a feeling I’m going to love it here. It’s so quiet and serene. I wonder if he minds me feeding some of the animals.”
“Aeir. I’m sure he doesn’t. He’ll take all the help he can get, because from what I gather, he’s a single dad.”
“It seems that way. He hasn’t mentioned his daughter’s mother at all.”
“So, it is a girl?”
“Yes. He has a daughter.”
“Damn. How’d you know?”
“Wild guess,” I responded, wishing it was as true as it sounded.
It wasn’t, but explaining that to Jae would mean explaining the nightly dreams and the days I spent dreaming of the man almost a half mile down the road.
“Okay, Ms. Cleo.” She cackled. “I’m going to let you go. Be safe and lock the doors. I have your location. I need to talk to you every twelve hours or so for the next month or I’m coming to find you. I don’t know about Mr. Grinch.”
“Nothing is going to happen to me. I promise.”
“Umm hmmm. We’ll see.”
“What’s his name, anyway?”
“Malachi,” I stated with confidence, though he hadn’t given it to me.
“Alright. Malachi is on my radar.”
“Goodnight, Jae. Get down to the hospital. I’m sure your team is waiting.”
“Goodnight.”
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