Peter, Tyler, and Lauren left the room one after another. Lauren got physically dragged out by Tyler.
Only Julian and Eleanor remained.
The room felt noticeably more spacious.
"Julian, Lauren isn't"
"You think, same as Lauren, that I never once visited and never paid a dollar toward your medical bills. Right?"
Julian cut her off, getting it out first.
Something in his tone made Eleanor suspect Lauren had gotten this wrong.
She didn't want to guess blindly, though.
She'd learned the hard way, too many times, what unearned expectations cost her.
"I don't actually know."
The truth, plain.
Julian let out a short laugh, something bitter threaded through it.
"Doctor says you're fine everywhere else just the leg left to heal. Staying here doesn't make sense anymore. I've already arran
