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“Nothing that jumps out at me, but it never hurts to run a few basic tests. Nothing invasive. But I think she will be here for a week.”

Crossing my arms I said, “The same amount of time you think I need off work.” He nodded. “I don’t understand why? What am I going to do for a week? Look at the four walls? I'm going to go crazy doing nothing.”

“As I said before, go to him. Steven needs you, and you need him.”

“Even if I wanted to go, I can’t afford to travel to the US. The flight alone would be more than I have in the bank.”

“No problem. I know for a fact that the Henderson jet is leaving in two hours bound for the states. Boston to be exact. Why not be on it?” he suggested.

“Oh. I can give you several reasons why, but here’s one. I don’t know them well enough to just board their private jet.”

“I’ll take care of that. All you need to do is pack. I’ll handle everything else,” he said.

I looked at him and said, “Why are you doing this, Finn?”

“Because I’m a doctor, and I take care of people. They don’t all need to have wounds that are visible. Sometimes it’s the one you don’t see that is the hardest to fix. I think if anyone can reach him right now, it’s you,” he stated.

I remember Steven telling me his brother took his own life. Was this the dark place that Finn is concerned about?God. Don’t do it Steven. I’m coming. Please be there when I arrive. I need you to be okay. I need to tell you I love you.

“Okay. I’ll go.”

“Good. You go. I’ll update your grandmother for you. It might be easier coming from me.”

“I can’t just leave without saying goodbye,” I said.

“I’ll tell her you went after your man. I have a feeling that she will be so thrilled that nothing else I say will matter to her,” he said.

Unfortunately, that was true.

I got up to leave his office but asked, “Do you really think I can help him?”

“I know you can.”

“How?”

“Because you love him. And he loves you. All you need to do is to be there for each other. The rest will work itself out,” he said.

“People tell me that he loves me, but what if you’re all wrong?”

“Then you come home and let him go. But at least you will have tried. That's the most anyone can do,” he said.

I nodded and left his office. Steven was such a strong successful businessman. How can he need me? But if something happened since he left, maybe Finn is right. Maybe what he needs right now is one of my hugs.

They’ve worked on him before. Hopefully, they still do.

CHAPTER23

Steven

What the fuck!?

I must be losing my mind because there was no way in hell that Aiza was here in Boston. I had missed her like crazy. It’s been horrible not seeing her, calling her. I didn’t have much choice. I was doing this all for her.

But she couldn’t really be here. How would she get to Boston? How would she even know how to find me once here? Caydan would’ve told me if he was involved. At least I thought he would. I’d been distancing myself from him as well. I didn’t want to see anyone who might be able to see the hell I was going through.

The only sleep I got at night was when I drank enough to pass out. Who knows, maybe I was so hungover that I was still drunk, and she was just a trick my mind was playing on me.

“Steven, are you going to invite me in or not?” Aiza said.

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