"Somethings going on," he stated, his coat discarded on the couch in his living room, feeling the tension between them like a physical weight on his shoulders. He couldn't think straight. Images of Avery curled up on that hospital bed last night and this morning were weighing heavily on his conscience. It made things even worse that this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. She had been hospitalized for a second time during the short while they had known each other. Benj was starting to think this was a regular occurrence. That made his heart hurt.
Benj just didn’t understand her silence, if that were the case. He didn’t understand how she could live with that—how she could pretend it was normal. He took a glance at her and frowned at the way Avery’s sad eyes were trai
