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“Oh. Yeah, I do that. I’m sorry you were worried.”
“You hungry?”
“I am—wait, did you say it’s 3 PM?”
“Yeah.”
“Shit, I have dinner at my mother’s house in two hours.”
“Hold on a second, Duchess,” he said.
“I have to shower,” I replied, throwing off the covers. My head swam and I had to brace myself.
“You shower and you’re going to fall over. You’re not going anywhere. Call and cancel. Tell her you’ve got the flu.”
“If I tell her I’ve got the flu, she’ll insist on coming over here to take care of me.”
He raised his brows. “She will?”
“Fine, she won’t come over herself. She’ll send Stanton with chicken soup. I’d rather not have to explain you to Stanton.”
“Huh.”
“I don’t mean it that way,” I hastened to say. “I just mean if Stanton knows about you, he’ll report back to my mother. That’s why I didn’t tell Walker I was dating someone. It would’ve gotten back to her. And I’d rather have the element of surprise when I show up attached to your arm for the gala.”
“I’m still not letting you go over there. Not when you need to rest.”
“I just rested for eighteen hours,” I commented. “I need to get up.”
“You’re allowed to go as far as the couch,” he said.
“Have you been keeping vigil the entire night?”
He shook his head. “No. But when you didn’t spring out of bed at 7 AM, I started to get worried. And then when it was past eight, I knew something was wrong.”
I reached out and cradled his cheek. “I’m okay.”
He grabbed my phone from the nightstand and handed it to me. “Cancel dinner with your mother. I don’t care what you tell her, but you’re in no shape to go over there.”
Bones climbed out of bed and headed for the door.
“Wait,” I called after him.
He turned and looked at me.
“How’s Lily?”
“You’ve been asleep for eighteen hours and she’s the first thing you ask about?”
“Bones. Tell me.”
“She’s awake.”
“Thank God,” I murmured.
“There’s more. I’ll tell you when you’re settled on the couch.”
“Where are you going?” I asked.
