23
Meg
Even after I heard his voice, my mind struggled to believe that Levi had returned to me. I glanced around Harper’s hospital room, wondering if he had forgotten something, but didn’t see anything that might be the culprit.
My mother’s spine stiffened as she narrowed her gaze in Levi’s direction. I felt like smacking her when she said to him, “I think you’ve done quite enough damage to Meg’s fragile heart. It’s time for you to go back where you came from.”
Not only did I not appreciate her pointing out how hurt I was by his departure, it also wasn’t her place to send him away. That was my job, and I kept doing it over and over again, despite my heart’s desperate wishes to the contrary. It was tempting to point out to my busy-body mother that Levi technically came from here, so sen
