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Maverick drew me even closer to his body as my mother stepped over to Ben.
“Are you seriously doing this right now? Get out of the way so Maverick can get Lily up to her room. This isn’t some kind of game, Ben.”
His cheeks turned bright red as he stepped out of the way. “Of course not.”
Maverick started toward the stairs.
“Stop—wait one second.”
Maverick froze.
Turning my head to look at Ben, I said, “You don’t have to stay. Go be with Abby.”
“But you fainted. Are you feeling sick? What even happened?”
Maverick mumbled, “Stupid bastard,” under his breath. He glanced over his shoulder. “She didn’t faint, she fell.”
“No. I’m pretty sure my news caused her to faint.”
My mouth fell open. “What the hell?”
“It’s okay, Lily,” Ben said as he stepped forward, attempting to take me out of Maverick’s arms.
“What are you doing?” my mother demanded.
“I’m her best friend! I can take care of her,” Ben argued as Maverick held me even tighter, stepping back.
“Ben!” I shouted, then winced when it felt like someone hit the back of my head with a two-by-four. “Just leave. You’re making things worse.”
My mother stepped in front of Ben, putting a hand on his shoulder to gently push him back. “Lily obviously doesn’t wantto see you right now, Ben. Please, just head on out. She’ll call you later.”
Before I could say another word, Maverick flew up the steps, once again taking them two at a time. He walked into my bedroom and carefully laid me on the bed.
“I’m really okay,” I said as I tried to sit up. I stopped when the room spun slightly. Now I knew how Maverick felt when he was sick.
“You’renotokay, Lily. You hit your head pretty hard.”
“Maverick is right, sweetheart. Please just rest until Dr. Waters gets here.” Turning to Maverick, she said, “Will you find Tanner?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
And just like that, Maverick was gone.
“Mom, he took the steps two at a time while he carried me! Twice! Up the porch steps and then the steps up to my room!”
She chuckled. “You clearly didn’t hit your headthathard if you noticed something like that. Lily, do you know what happened? Why did you fall? Are you coming down with the flu that Maverick had?” She placed her hand on my forehead to check for a fever and then used two fingers to hold my eyelids open as she studied my eyes. When she told me to open my mouth, I rolled my eyes.
“Mom, what are you doing?”
“Trying to figure out why you lost your balance and fell. Have you been dizzy at all?”
“No, I can tell you—”
“Did you maybe overheat while training Juniper?”
“I didn’t over—”
“You drank enough water today,right?”
