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“And Kenzi…?”
“Yes?”
“I do have one stipulation.”
Yesterday, I was fire and brimstone. Today, I’m not above begging. “Sure. Anything.”
Mr. King’s voice goes forceful. “If you tell Jason about Otto’s paternity, I’ll blacklist you and your son from the hospital immediately.”
Cue icicles forming in my chest. What can I say to that?
As much as I want to tell Jason…that’s not why I’m here.
I’m here for my son. For Otto. And I’m willing to do anything to get him the treatment he needs.
“Understood,” I say, as serious as a drill sergeant.
“Good,” Mr. King says, then adds, “See you at noon.”
With that, he hangs up.
My heart is ricocheting in my chest. Forget coffee—I feel like I’ve been injected with straight adrenaline. I’m wide-awake and ready to go into action.
When I reenter the bedroom, Jason asks, “Everything okay?”
I sit on the side of the bed and tug my shirt over my head. “Yeah. I just have to go.”
He slips his hand to my leg. “You have to stay.”
“I have to go.”
44
Donovan
Kenzi takes off in the morning. Jason and I throw on clothes and walk her back to her car. It all happens in such a rush, I don’t have time to digest last night.
And maybe that’s a good thing.
I have about enough time to wash my mouth and change my clothes before I have to go to work.
“Carpool?” Jason asks, so I oblige.
I fill up a thermos of coffee. We take my car.
I turn on my car and, immediately, we’re blasted with scream-o. I dial my music down to a low, demonic rumble.
“How can you still hear anything?” Jason asks.
“What?” I reply.
“I said, how can you still hear—?”
I arch my eyebrows at Jason.
“Oh. I get it.”
“At least you’re pretty,” I tell him.
