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Chapter 82 - CHAPTER 82.

"I fell asleep on the floor," I say quietly. "I remember that much."

"I know," he replies. "You were out cold when I found you.

Something twists in my chest. "You didn't have to."

"I wasn't going to leave you there."

I close my eyes again for a second, when I open them, my vision blurs and I have to blink hard to clear it.

He notices it of course.

His thumb moves, brushing lightly under my eye. "You cried a lot."

I huff out a weak, humorless breath. "That obvious?"

"Your eyes are swollen," he says. "And you look exhausted."

I shift, pulling back just enough to look at him. He's propped slightly on one elbow, watching me with an expression I can't quite place Something that makes me uncomfortable in a different way.

"Elaine," he says after a moment. "What happened last night?"

My stomach drops.

I look away. At the ceiling, at the light filtering in through the curtains just anywhere but his face.

"Did I.... Did I do something?" he asks. "Something you didn't like?"

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