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“You fainted.”
“Hmm. Yeah.”
“That takes it out of you.”
“No doubt,” I agreed.
“We should talk about it,” he said. “You went through something traumatic today. If you don’t talk about it?—”
“I’m not ready to talk about it,” I interrupted. “It’s too fresh, too…raw. I fell apart in the car; I don’t want to fall apart again.”
“You mean you don’t want me to see you fall apart.”
I sighed. “No. I just—it’s hard to rein it in. If I let it all out…”
“You’re afraid you won’t be able to pull it together again.”
I nodded. “So can we please just…you know. Do anything else?”
“Anything?” he asked with a suggestive raise of his brows.
I rolled my eyes. “What are you watching?”
“Haven’t decided. You know you have three streaming services?”
“Yeah, and I spend an hour at a time trying to find something new to watch, only to watch a comfort movie I’ve already seen a hundred times.”
He handed me the remote. “I’ll watch your comfort movie.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“And you won’t say anything about it?”
“I won’t say anything about it.”
I looked at him for a long moment and then finally I nodded. “Okay. Not a word about Mr. Darcy’s hand flex.”
“Mr. Darcy’s what?”
“Just watch.”
During the first twenty minutes of Pride & Prejudice with Keira Knightley, I snuck various glances at Bones, wanting to gauge his reaction to the film.
With a sigh, he grabbed a couch pillow and set it down next to him. “I can’t enjoy this movie with you watching me.”
“I’m not watching you,” I lied.
“I’m interested in the film, okay? So lay down and let’s watch it.”
He patted the pillow.
I bit my lip in momentary indecision and then decided to rest my head. I still had a clear view of the TV, but my top knot made it uncomfortable. After a few minutes of fighting it, I sat up and took my hair down before placing my head back on the pillow.
Mr. Collins complimented the boiled potatoes and then Bones put his hand on my neck. He began to sift his fingers through my hair and rub my head. My eyes closed, the cadence of English accents and Bones’ warm, easy touch lulling me to sleep.
I woke up in my own bed.
