Lena's POV
I took him to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Not because it was romantic. Because I had gone there alone on my third day back in New York when I needed somewhere quiet that wasn't a hospital, and I had thought about it since. It was March and most things weren't flowering yet but the structure of the place was still there — the paths, the bare trees, the particular stillness of a garden that knew spring was coming and wasn't rushing toward it.
He didn't ask why I'd chosen it. He just fell into step beside me.
"Mount Sinai," he said, after the first five minutes.
"I accepted this morning."
"Good."
"They're announcing internally on Monday. I start in three weeks." I kept walking. "Ademi wants to meet before the official start date. He suggested lunch next week."
"Take it. Se
