Chapter Thirteen
“You want to grab something to eat on the way home?” Jack said. “I’ll pick something up, and you can put your feet up for a bit. Maybe you’ll reconsider going out. You sure you want to go to your mom’s tonight?”
Jack never fussed over her as he was now. She felt his hand lingering on her back as they walked down the hospital hall. Her coat was on, and she was done, checked out. There was just something about all of this being over. It filled her with no peace. She was unsettled, rattled, just reminding herself to put one foot in front of the other as they rounded the corner to the entrance.
“I could eat,” she said. “I’m hungry, but I don’t want to stop anyplace. I want to go home and have a shower, but I also want to see my family. I don’t want to stay home and stare at
