Avoiding him
Emily
Ask him about your mother.
The words followed me for the rest of the day.
I tried to work.
I really did.
I sat behind my desk, went through patient files, responded to emails, signed documents and reviewed the reports from Gifted Hands.
But none of it stayed in my head for more than a few seconds.
My mother. This whole threat has resulted in now mentioning my mother?
Why would anyone tell me to ask Seth about her?
What could he possibly know?
I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes.
No.
I wasn't going to start imagining things.
Not again.
I had already spent enough time allowing Tristan's words to get inside my head. I wasn't going to let an anonymous person do the same thing.
But then I remembered Seth's face.
That moment when I had asked if the th
