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“And what do you see?” I can feel my pulse beating faster as I wait for her to tell me.
“Fierce loyalty. A loving heart that has hardened but is still repairable. If he found the right person to heal it.” She looks at me in a way that has me worried, like she’s somehow figured me out, but then her eyes turn vacant again.
“You must tell the person you like how you feel. Life’s far too short for complicated, Evangeline.” I nod her a silent promise and decide that I have every intention on keeping it.
I spend the next hour enjoying Anita's company. Surprised when she freely opens her patio doors and leads me out onto the well-presented lawns. She ignores the other patients that roam around us like her mind blanks them out. I admire the flowers that she proudly tells me she’s grown herself because they’re her husband’s favorite. I even compliment the vegetable patch that she tells me he spends all his spare time working on.
When it’s time for me to leave, she kisses me on each cheek and makes me promise to visit again soon. I’ve almost made it out of the reception door when a female voice calls after me.
“I’m sorry… Evangeline.” She checks the logbook in her hand.
“Yes,” I give her a Maddy smile in the hope she’ll buy whatever lie I’m about to tell her.
“Your relationship to our patient hasn’t been logged for either of your visits. Are you a relation of Mrs. Carter’s?” She seems unsuspecting, so I play along.
“I’m Anita’s niece.”
“Of course.” The woman fills in the blank and closes the book. “You have a good day, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Your visits have a very positive effect on your auntie.”
I take the compliment like any loving niece would, and be on my way.
There are no bikes parked up outside the club when I return and I head straight up to the cabin. My mood bouncy as I listen to the radio and dice up some chicken for later.
I’m sitting out on the deck enjoying a well-deserved joint when I hear the cabin door slam shut. Grimm looks tired, his hand rubbing over his face and unsettling his fringe makes me want to fucking jump him.
He steps out to join me on the deck, and I’m surprised when he actually takes the joint out my hand when I offer it to him. Drawing back hard, he releases the smoke from his lungs in a long, satisfied breath that makes my pussy tense.
“Tough day, honey?” I ask cheerily as he passes it back to me, sitting his ass on the floor and leaning his back against the wooden railings.
“Just club shit,” he says, letting his head fall back.
“You wanna talk about it?”
“No.”
“You wanna eat?”
“Yeah.” When he looks back at me, his lips pick up into a lopsided smile, one that makes me so fucking happy I feel my heart skip.
“Well come on then.” I stand up in front of him and hang my hand in front of his face, and he snorts a cute little laugh before taking it.
I don’t know what I’ve done, but I’ve somehow managed to change his mood. I made him smile, and I can’t remember ever being happier about something.
We eat our meal in silence, I can see how tired he is from the dark rings under his eyes, and I wonder what’s been going on with the club that's taking so much out of him. When we finish eating, he clears up our plates and I let him do his usual routine, despite the fact I’d made sure the kitchen was spotless before he got home so I’d get more time with him.
“I got to go back down to the club, we got church before Prez and Jessie ride out,” he tells me, pulling his cut back on.
“Grimm…” It’s now or never. I’m about to make good on that promise I made his mama.
“Do you like me?” I hate how pathetic I sound, like some needy eighth-grader talking to her crush. Grimm scrunches his forehead at my question.
“You wouldn’t be here if I didn’t like you,” he answers, looking as serious as a fuckin’ heart attack.
“Then why don’t you want me?” The question tumbles from my lips and I regret it immediately. Even if I do really want to know the answer.
“I’m doing you a favor,” he tells me, then quickly turns and walks out before I can question him any more. His response gives me a tiny glimmer of hope, but at the same time, it crushes me.
I get home late and wake up early. Lying beside Rogue all night takes a lot of self-control. I already had to get up at 3am to beat one out in the bathroom.
