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Shortly after Murdock had left, Declan had gotten up to walk around a little on his own. He hadn’t gotten far before Annie showed up.
“Are you okay?” she asked. “I don’t want you to overdo and injure yourself further.”
“You need to give me some space,” Declan snapped at her. “If I overdo then I overdo and will deal with it,” he said, looking at her. He could see that his words hurt her and that was not what he intended.
“If that’s what you want,” Annie said roughly and returned quickly to the cabin. She could feel the tears starting and she didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
Declan had wanted to get away to think and evaluate his situation. He did appreciate Annie and her concern, but he didn’t need her help every second of every day. That was good, he thou
