Chapter Twenty-Six
Jessa
The phone call had taken a toll on me, and I couldn’t pull myself together as I laid face-down in my bed, crying my heart out. My selfish side wanted to tell Stone to come to me and get here as fast as he could. I was in over my head — I knew that without a doubt. But the other part of me was bigger and wouldn’t allow my weaker side to pull the man I loved away from his goals.
If only I could just get Lily out of bed to help me, then this wouldn’t be as hard as it is.
Rolling over, I wiped my eyes with the heels of my hands then went across the hall to my sister’s suite. Throwing open the door, I found her wilted in a chair, her blonde hair in a messy bun atop her head, staring blankly out of the window. The pale, yellow curtain blew with the gentle breeze. The
