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I swallowed hard and stared at the ceiling.
“She was on her way home one night from work. She had to take a detour because of construction and was hit head on by a drunk driver.”
“Oh, my god.” Bexley gasped. “How awful.”
“When you told me about your accident, and said you weren’t charged, it triggered me. See, the driver who hit Carrie got off on a technicality. It literally ate me alive, knowing that this guy would not be punished for what he had taken from me. Which was what I thought happened with your accident. Even though I knew you hadn’t been drinking, you’d still taken someone away from someone else. Like you, he didn’t even have a scratch on him. I lost her and our unborn child, and he got off. It brought back to all these horrid memories, all those feelings of what I’d lost.”
Bexley said nothing. She just watched me, waiting for me to say more.
“Her accident is the reason I fight so hard to put drunk drivers and the people who cause the accidents behind bars, or at least keep them off the streets. It wasn’t the fact you’d hit the guy. The trigger happened when you told me you’d gotten off.”
“I can understand that.”
“I just want you to know I’m sorry. I was wrong to assume the things I did.”
“Shhh, no need to be sorry.”
“No, there is. I treated you terribly. Not the way I should have treated you the morning after our first time. I’ll never be able to let that go or forgive myself.”
Bexley pressed her lips to mine. “Thank you for trusting me with that,” she said, kissing me again. “As for the second part, you can make that up to me.”
She climbed over me, and once standing, she took hold of my hand and gently tugged.
“Did you want to go home?” I questioned, getting up off the couch and wrapping my arm around her waist.
She shook her head, turned to face me. “I think it’s time we go make up,” she said pressing her lips to mine.
Bexley
Six weeks later
It was dark as I crossed the parking lot of the hospital. I could see the fireflies dancing in the bushes beside my parked car, and I smiled to myself. I’d always loved those weird little bugs.
I’d just gotten into my car and attached my phone to my charger when my phone rang. I hit the answer button on my steering wheel.
“Hey.”
“Hey, sweetie. How was your shift?”
I let out a yawn, excited to hear Hudson’s voice. He’d been away at a conference the last week, and with my schedule, we hadn’t been able to chat for very long.
“Busy. I’m actually pretty exhausted tonight.”
“How have you been making out driving in the dark?” he questioned.
I’d asked him to help me regain some control over that part of my life, and so far, he’d done nothing but encourage me. He’d come up with a plan and so far it had been working fine.
“Okay, so far. I took the bus last night, though, and left my car in the parking lot,” I answered, taking a sip of the coffee I’d gotten from the cafeteria before getting in the car.
“One day at a time. No need to stress yourself out. You going to come by later?” he asked, yawning.
I looked at the clock. He was just starting his night shift as I was ending mine. I’d honestly been hoping to see him tonight. I’d planned to just go to his place and surprise him, until he’d messaged to say he had to go into work.
“How about you come by my place when you’re done with your shift?”
“I think I could do that.”
“Maybe you could bring your handcuffs too?” I said, feeling my cheeks heat as I bit my bottom lip.
