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"A patient of mine was having some problems, so I was at the hospital when Wade called."
"Fortunate for me, then."
"She is not her usual congenial self," Wade supplied with a grin.
"And I told him that he should switch places with me and see if he could handle it." She shot him a dark look.
"I sincerely doubt that." Rachel finished her examination and took out the bottle of antibiotics. "She gets one dose right now and the other twelve hours after. It's going to make you a little drowsy, so I suggest you stay in for today."
"I had intended on working from home anyway."
"Good."
"I will see you out."
"Thanks Rachel."
"Anytime."
She was half asleep when he came back into the room. "It started snowing again," she murmured, looking out the large floor to ceiling window. "I love the fact that I am here cozy and warm and you are with me."
"Does that mean we are not at odds?" Taking off his robe, he slid in and spooned her.
"No." She placed her hand over his as she stared at the fat drops of snow splattering against the window. "It made me think."
"About?"
"My childhood."
"Remi-"
"No. It's nothing to be crazy about. It's just that seeing the snow, brought it all back. It was in March too and we had school. I was fourteen I think and the house was cold, so cold that we could see her breath in the air. He had not paid for the gas and electric and we had to drag wood chips from outside to build a fire.
Our winter jackets were old and worn and not enough to ward off the cold. He had threatened us so many times that if we reported him, we would be thrown into the system. We believed him and I did not want to be separated from David."
"Darling, please-"
"No." Turning her head, she kissed the worry from his lips. "It's just that being in here with you, the home you have provided, the warmth and coziness for the winter and the right temperature for the summer makes me so incredibly grateful.
Not that I did not have any of it before. I did, but this is so much, that sometimes I think I take it for granted. And I realize that there are children going through similar situations and I want to do something about it."
"You are." He kissed her neck and pulled her closer as if to warm her body with his. Even though it was unnecessary. "You do. You give back darling and you never have to feel one moment of cold or endure a second of heat again." His voice was thick with emotions. "I am promising you that."
"I know." Removing his hand, she turned to face him, her hands cupping his face. "I did not say all of that to make you unhappy."
"How can I help it?" His eyes were bright with anger and grief. "I want to change all of it for you. I wish I could go back in the past and make it so that it had not happened."
"Then perhaps I would be a spoiled and selfish bitch and it would not have brought you to me. Then that would have been a damn shame."
He laughed as she had intended him to. "I hate hearing about it."
"I know darling." She kissed him again. "I kinda love that you want to kick ass for me."
"Of course you do." He kissed her forehead. "Now get some sleep."
But even after she had drifted off and he heard her even breathing, he could not fall asleep. He relaxed as her body edged closer to his and she threw one foot over his. He was angry and felt helpless that he could not stop the difficult memories. She had been through hell and that was putting it mildly.
He had often wondered growing up why people introduced children in their misery. Was it because they thought being so young, they would not be cognizant of what was going on? How foolish of them!
