Abby spent another night in the chair, despite Evan’s repeated attempts to convince her to leave.
“You have to appear in front of the elders tomorrow,” he’d told her quietly. “You need to be well rested.”
Abby hadn’t mentioned that she had no intention of leaving Joe’s side to attend a disciplinary hearing. Or that the thought of sitting in a room full of elders while he lay unconscious made her feel physically ill.
“Leave her alone,” Dustin had grumbled from the doorway. “When Kari was hurt, you didn’t sleep for two days straight. You don’t get to lecture anyone.”
Evan had opened his mouth to argue, but Kari cut him off with a single sharp look. The conversation ended there. An hour later, the three of them left, Evan insistent that Kari needed to get her feet up and rest, even if she
