‘Yes.’
‘And you know it was undone six years ago.’
I felt my eyebrows draw together. ‘Yes?’
‘Think about that for a moment. Would you say six years is enough time to learn to manage emotions you’ve never had before? Complicated ones like caring for someone? Especially if you’ve never in your life put much thought toward them, thinking you’d never need to?’
He was right. I wouldn’t have thought to ask about that.
‘Are you telling me to back off?’
‘No. Just that he’s still my patient, and I’m still watching out for him. And you need to tread carefully.’ After the words were out, he seemed to realise that they had the uncomfortable ring of a threat. He shifted and wrinkled his nose. ‘Not that I think you’d be careless. You strike me as a good ‘un. But I do think all this is too soon, fo
