whether I am there or not.”
He smiles crookedly.
“Of course you’re going to be there.”
“Nate—”
“Just … make them happy, okay?” he says
before standing up and going to the stairs.
“What didasshole number onewant?” Jay asks,
coming over to me with Aaron.
“He just wanted to clear a few things up with
me.”
“Don’t tell me he’s still trying to convince her
to play ‘happy families’.”
“Nah, I think he’s accepted the idea.”
“Good for him. He wouldn’t have stood a
chance,” Aaron says.
I look at him with a raised eyebrow waiting for
the punchline.
“Hey, Jay, could you please explain to this idiot
what the situation is?”
Jay laughs and sits down next to me, putting a
hand on my leg.
“Oh Patrick, what are we going to do with
you?”
“Hum?”
“That girl loves you.”
29
Erin
Patrick came to pick me up to take me to see Lily.
By now it’s been three weeks that I’ve been doing
this treck from home to the hospital and back
