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“She will be fine,” the doc says, glancing at her. She’s hooked up to a blood bag, her forearm covered in bandages. “But I think you need consider putting her in a facility.”
“What?”
“She needs professional help, Mr. D’Cruze. She’s a very troubled young girl.”
“Get out.”
With a sigh, he walks out of the room, leaving me alone with Anna. She’s sedated, so I know she won’t be waking up for a few hours, but I still have the urge to be with her. Carefully, I lay down beside her. I’ll be gone by the time she wakes up, and she won’t even know I was here. Creepy maybe, but I’m reduced to getting whatever small contact with her I can.
I rise to consciousness at the feel of something stroking over my jaw. Blinking my eyes open, I turn my face towards the source and find Anna. She’s on her side, her bandaged wrist clutched to her chest. Her free hand comes to rest on the side of my neck.
A soft smile touches her lips, and she looks more peaceful than she has since before she was taken. “Hey,” she whispers.
“Anna?” I frown. “How are you feeling?” It’s a stupid question. She slit her own wrist for fuck’s sake.
“I’m fine.”
I reach out and brush my knuckles over the soft skin of her cheek. She doesn’t flinch, instead leaning into my touch. It’s like…she’s back. My Anna. But she’s not fine.
I press my lips to her forehead, inhaling the scent of raspberry for the first time in months because I haven’t been able to touch or even be close to her since I got her back. I missed this: the small things, the simple ability to reach out and touch her. There are a thousand things I need to say to her but now is not the time. She’s groggy and injured. She needs rest.
“You need to sleep.”
I pull back, and she grabs a handful of my shirt, almost in a panic. “You’ll stay though?”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
She relaxes, shifting closer to me until her head is on my chest, her bandaged arm resting on my stomach. It’s like a switch has flipped, and she’s finally here with me. I’m grateful, but I hate the idea that she had to try and kill herself before she got here.
I’ve failed her, but I will never let her down again.
