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“I don’t care if you’re sick or even if you got disfigured in a horrible accident.” My laugh is met with silence. “I have been so miserable without you, Phoebe.”
A small sniffle lets me know she’s listening. I bite back my own emotions and nudge a small trashcan closer so I can brush a pile of garbage into it. With that out of the way, I straighten up the bottles she keeps by her bedside, and my hand freezes.
The blood drains out of my whole body and I’m ready to pass out when she finally rolls back over.
I whisper her name and hold up the bottle of prenatal vitamins that’s made me question everything I know. “Mine?”
Her eyes well with tears and I’m ready to deck Elijah. He could have given me a heads up of some kind. How long has she been suffering without me?
Anger engulfs me again, and I want answers. Why the hell is she hiding this from me?
But one look at her face snuffs my rage. The last thing she needs is me laying in to her.
“I’ll be right back,” I mutter, pressing my lips to her forehead. “Stay here, okay?”
She chuckles and barely lifts her hand. “I won’t go anywhere.”
Rushing through the house, I glare at Marjorie. “What local restaurants does Phoebe like?”
She scoffs and shrugs her shoulders. “How should I know?”
I bite my tongue and rush past her.
Elijah answers on the first ring and I don’t hold back with him. We’ve been friends for so long I consider him my brother. And if my brother lied to me like this, there’d be hell to pay.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“She told you?”
“She didn’t have to—one look at her and I—”
“You’re in Connecticut?”
“Yes. It looks like I’ll be here for a while.”
He doesn’t say anything and my anger flares. “Her finals start tomorrow, don’t they?”
“Yes.”
“She can’t even get out of bed, Elijah.”
“I know.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
Elijah sighs and I hear rustling. “She asked me not to. I didn’t know what to do.”
“Elijah—I—I’m so scared, man.” My anger fades to fear and I freeze on the corner of 6th and Main. “I don’t even know her favorite restaurants.”
“She’s been craving Mexican food like crazy.”
I glance around and see three options. “It looks like this whole town is. I’ll get some from each place near her house.”
“Ben—”
“Yeah?”
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”
