“But I can’t …”
“No, you can’t,” Finn agreed. “And even if you could, you wouldn’t be the same person.”
“I know.” Ava took a deep breath and prepared to step into the health territory, worried she would freak out Finn. “Did you ever wonder what happened to me after our encounter in January?”
He barked out a laugh as if her question surprised him. “Once or twice.”
She wanted to say only once or twice, but instead tossed it out there, “I …” And then her throat closed, and she couldn’t force out the words.
“Ava,” Finn kissed the back of her hand, sending a zip along the nerve endings from where his lips touched to her heart. “Just spit it out. I’m listening.”
“I had a stroke.”
There, she’d spit it out.
“You?” His gaze touched her head, nose, mouth, and neck before sliding down to thei
