the door, said some kind words to Bowie, and led me upstairs, turning off lights as he went. “Need to brush your teeth or anything?” he asked.
“No,” I wept. “I’m all set.”
He tossed all my little throw pillows over the side of the bed and turned down the quilt. “In you go,” he said, and I obeyed, feeling so heavy and tired all of a sudden.
Ian pulled the covers up to my chin, then bent to kiss my hair. I caught his hand, and he sat at the edge of the bed, his thumb gently stroking the back of my hand, and the thought came to me that Ian McFarland would make a great husband, a great father, a great anything.
“I’m really sorry about last night,” I whispered.
“Well,” he said, smoothing back my hair. “Your heart was in the right place, I guess. I’m sorry, too.” He looked down at the quilt, traced a piece of fabric. “She’s never going to be easy, Callie.”
“I guess not,” I said.
“Are we done with that, then?”
I nodded.
“I thought you broke up with me last night, when you left,” he said, not looking up.
My breath caught. “Oh. No, Ian. We just … we just had a fight.”
“Okay.” He swallowed, and my heart seemed to swell abruptly.
“In fact, I was going to come over for some wild monkey make-up sex. But then I came home and found Noah, and … and … well …” My face scrunched up.
“Oh, hey,” Ian said, and honestly, nothing on earth ever felt as good as those solid arms around me. He pressed my face against his neck and let me cry.
“Can you stay with me tonight?” My voice sounded small.
Ian pulled back and looked at me with those summer-blue eyes. “That’s why I came,” he said simply.
Then he pulled off his scrubs and came into bed with me, holding me so close that my cheek rested over his heart. Within seconds, I fell asleep.
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