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“Yeah, and it would’ve only been because I was hurt by Race’s rejection.”
“Maybe he didn’t want the first time you were together to be when you were drunk,” she suggested.
“You say that as if we’re in a relationship, which we aren’t.” Frowning, I shook my head. “To be honest, I don’t know what the hell we’re doing.”
“Ask him.” She stood when I slid from the table. “What do you have to lose?”
“My dignity.” I sighed. “What if everything he’s been saying or the way he’s been acting is because we’ve been through some intense stuff together?”
“When for you, it means so much more?”
When my eyes filled with tears, I didn’t try to swallow them back. She knew. Hell, they all probably knew that my feelings went well beyond friendship for Race. Kat wrapped her arms around me, and I sank into the warmth of her hug.
I pulled back, and she watched me closely before speaking. “Get that prescription filled and start it immediately. Okay?”
I nodded, and she pulled open the door. We walked back into the waiting room and saw Race pacing beside the front counter. When he heard us, he turned abruptly and met my gaze. “You okay?”
I nodded and held up my prescription. He deserved to know what was going on with me or at least the parts I was willing to share. After all, he was the one who demanded Kat open on a Sunday just to see me. “Kat thinks it has something to do with my hormones, so I’m going to try some meds.”
He studied me closely for a moment before he jerked up his chin. “Okay, let’s get to the pharmacy.”
I nodded but then stopped and frowned. “Oh wait, it’s Sunday. I don’t think any are open.”
“We’ll find one.” He walked to stand in front of me, then reached down and wrapped his hand around mine. “We’ll drive until we do.”
Tears filled my eyes, and I remembered what Kat said, so I didn’t swallow them back. I let them fall. Race lifted his hand and brushed them away with his thumb before he leaned in to kiss my forehead.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
“I told you I’d never let anything happen to you, Becs.” He pulled back and looked into my eyes. “And I meant it.”
Chapter 16
Race
I felt a vibration in my pocket and turned off the saw I was currently using to cut trim boards. Frowning, I wiped my hands on the rag I pulled from my pocket, then dug my phone out of my other pocket.
Becs: I met with the doctor this morning, and they’re sending Wyatt home tomorrow.
I stared at the screen for a moment longer and smiled in relief. Two weeks ago, I walked out of Kat’s clinic with Becs and found her the nearest open pharmacy, which was about fifteen miles away, got her prescription filled, and then took her back to the hospital to get her Jeep. We didn’t talk except about pharmacies and where they were located, according to the search she was doing on her phone.
She didn’t ask me why I was at the hospital that morning, and I didn’t tell her I go every day to see him. I didn’t tell her that being with her when he was born made me feel connected to him in a way I hadn’t expected. I wasn’t ready to admit to her or myself that I considered him my son. He wasn’t, and it didn’t make sense that I thought of him in that way, especially since Becs and I weren’t in a conventional relationship, but maybe it didn’t have to make sense.
Maybe it just was what it was.
Me: You good?
I held my phone and waited for her to respond. The jobsite was quiet. I was here well before my crew was supposed to show up. The weather was turning colder with November approaching, so we were working on the interiors of homes slated to be ready in early spring. Because of living in North Carolina, we could expect some weather that would halt all construction, but that was usually from mid-November until mid- or late January. Ben and Jake typically gave us off for several weeks around the holidays, compensating us for the extra time we spent on sites through the summer, but with the amount of work we had right now, I wasn’t sure that would happen.
I looked back down at my phone when it vibrated.
Becs: I’m better.
I knew that. I’d been stopping at Bear’s after work to check on her under the guise that Bear asked me to, but he hadn’t. The Widows had been quiet. We were still on alert, but we were able to relax some. Truthfully, I just needed to lay my eyes on her to make sure she was doing better, and she was. It seemed every day she was feeling a little better, and yesterday, when I stopped, she told me she had this meeting this morning, and she actually fucking smiled.
I hadn’t known how much I missed that smile until she gave it to me.
Me: Bear going with you?
