“She’s going to be okay,” Max tried to assure her.
Hadley nodded, but she didn’t look up. “I hope so.”
“What can I do for you?”
She thought about it a moment before asking, “Could you get me some more coffee?”
“Of course.”
“Thank you.”
After Max disappeared around the corner, the quiet seemed to press in a little more.
Hadley shifted in her seat, trying to ignore the tightness in her chest. The past few days had blurred together, one thingstacking on top of another until she barely had time to process any of it.
How had her life turned into this nightmare . . . again? Not that her nightmare back in Atlanta had been the same as this. But she distinctly remembered feeling as if everything was falling apart.
She felt those same feelings now.
Footsteps approached, and she glanced up.
Hadley blinked in surprise at who she saw standing there. “Kendra?”
“I heard what happened and came as soon as I could.” She stepped closer. “How is she?”
“They’re not sure yet. She hasn’t woken up.”
Kendra’s expression softened. “I’m so sorry.”
Hadley nodded, still trying to piece together how Kendra had ended up here. “How did you?—?”
“Max stopped by my place earlier. He was there when you called. He told me what was going on.”
Hadley’s thoughts snagged on her statement. “Max stopped by?”
Kendra smiled as if it were the most natural thing in the world. “Max always likes to check on me. We’re still good friends.”
“Oh?”
“He didn’t tell you?” Kendra tilted her head.
A flicker of something Hadley didn’t want to name hit her.
Ethan.
She remembered his late nights. His explanations that hadn’t made sense. She remembered the moment she’d come into the clinic in Atlanta to pick up her cell phone that she’d forgotten.
She’d walked in and seen Ethan and her colleague in a romantic embrace.
That was when she’d realized he’d been cheating on her. Half the staff at the clinic had known and hadn’t bothered to tell her.
Max wouldn’t do something like that . . . would he?
Hadley pushed the thought back before it could take root.
Kendra held out a small paper bag. “I brought you something. You probably haven’t eaten, and I thought this might cheer you up.”
Hadley hesitated before taking it. “You didn’t have to do that.”
