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me see him once a week for a mandatory three months due to a few concerns they had with my well-
being. Anyway, when I take those, it knocks me out, and I don’t like the way I can’t wake up. It makes me feel… confined.”
I shifted from foot to foot, my feet aching, but reluctant to leave.
There was just something about Riel that drew me in. That made me want to stay. To comfort.
My reasoning was that Luca would’ve wanted me to care for his friend.
“They can give you a different type of medication,” I suggested.
He shook his head. “No. I’m just… I’ll deal with it. Someway.”
I smiled. “Luca used to take naps. During the day. I’d call him, and he’d be asleep. Maybe you
should try to get some sleep where you can.”
And maybe you should stop telling him to be like Luca.
“I have to go,” I said abruptly, not liking how eerily right my inner voice was sounding. “Have a
good night, Riel. Take care.”
With that, I hurried over to my shitty car, opened the crappy door, and sat down on the dilapidated seat.
Starting her up, I refused to look at Riel or his disapproval.
Instead, I focused on what I would do in the future.
And that would have a whole lot of ignoring Malachi Gabriel Stokes written all over it.
Chapter 6
Starter fluid.
-Coffee Cup
Malachi
It’d been a week since I’d last talked with Frankie.
A week where I told myself it was for the best.
But, since that night, not only had I slept like utter shit—even worse than usual—but I couldn’t
turn my mind off.
Couldn’t stop thinking about her.
Which was why I found myself walking into the ER after escorting a criminal inside to get
checked out after he decided to go for a run to try and evade the police—i.e., me.
I was in an actual cruiser today thanks to the rain that had hammered the city of Kilgore.
It’d started two days prior and hadn’t let up for two entire days.
It wasn’t due to let up at all until the weekend. Which was still three days away.
