Suddenly, I felt much more tired than I had before, like the weight of everything that I had been pushing back was now crashing down on top of me.
I started to pull away, relieved now when his arms fell away. I stood. “It’s been a long day. I think I’m going to call in early.”
He didn’t try to stop me, or make any effort to call me back or repair things.
Instead, he said, “I’m going to head back to the hospital, but I’ll call you in the morning.”
I nodded as I walked away. When I made it to my room, which had once been one of the guest rooms, I closed the door and wondered if I had made a mistake in coming here.
Perhaps I had acted too hastily, and selfishly. I had wanted to get away from Rafael’s pack and my troubles there so desperately that I hadn’t thought what my presence here mi
