Ashley first met Landon in the corner of the emergency waiting room at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Her combat boots tapped a nervous rhythm on the patterned tile floor, and she held her phone to her ear, her voice was hushed but you could hear the irritation in her tone.
“Mom, I said I’m okay.” It was merely a single panic attack. A shattered window. That doesn't label me as insane. “ This entire psych check is uncalled for.”
She stopped, heard her mother assert that the doctor was already scheduled and she'd come to collect her later. Alice let out a deep sigh and hung up the phone, pushing it far into the pocket of her baggy black hoodie.
Then she heard a voice beside her
“Rough day, huh?”
She turned and saw him, smooth-faced, naturally attractive in a button-down shirt with the sl
