Elaris's POV
The taxi finally turned into Brookhaven just after noon.
The farther we drove from the city center, the quieter everything became. The luxury hotels disappeared, replaced by familiar apartment buildings, corner stores and little cafés where people knew one another by name.
The radio was still quietly discussing the wedding.
Neither of us had spoken since leaving the hospital.
When the taxi stopped outside my apartment building, the driver quickly stepped out to retrieve my overnight bag.
"I'll get it," Mrs. Lane said before I could even reach for the door.
"Mrs. Lane, I can…."
"No."
She gave me the same look she'd been giving me for the past two days.
"Doctor's orders."
I sighed with a tiny smile.
The driver laughed as he handed her the bag.
She thanked him befor
