It felt like the walk into the hospital took much longer than it ordinarily would have, but I felt like it had something to do with the fact that Austin was holding me and walking with me. I knew that it was something that I shouldn’t allow myself to dwell on, but I couldn’t happen. It was in the forefront of my mind, like something I could do nothing about. And the worst part of it all, was that I didn’t even think that he was aware of the effect that he had on me, and even if he had been, I doubted that he would have done anything about it.
He might have decided to milk the situation more and make it even harder for me, but for now, I wasn’t going to think about any of that too much. My main focus was going to be making it through this appointment. I just hoped that the fact that Colin
