Benny
Nixx stood in my hallway with one hand on the doorknob and looked like leaving the house physically hurt him.
“She needs the pain meds at two,” he said. “The nurse will be back around six. Don’t let her try the stairs alone.”
“I know.”
“She’s still dizzy when she sits up too fast.”
“I know.”
“And if she—”
“Nixx.”
He stopped.
“You’re acting like I haven’t been here the last week helping take care of her. I know how to keep a human being alive.”
His jaw tightened, but he finally nodded.
“Don’t let her leave.”
I leaned against the wall and folded my arms. “Yeah. Figured that one was coming.”
His gaze shifted toward the bedroom door at the end of the hall. He had not gone back in since JJ told him to take her home and he refused. I could practically see the argument happenin
