Page 145 of The Song We Lost

A sound pulls my attention and I see… Blonde hair…notBailey…

“Bailey, baby… Rhett Hayes is in our kitchen…”

I hear someone laugh and then a grunt.

What is happening?

I don’t know how much time has passed or if I am stuck where I am?

“What are you going to do with him?”

Me?Home…I want to go home!

I focus really hard to get the words to work…Did I say that out loud?

“Home…”

I hear Noah, “You are home, Luke.”

I try to move, to open my eyes.

“No…Home…is…Bailey…”

I hear someone curse… and it feels like I am slipping under water…

“She doesn’t need more shit to deal with. Bailey has enough on her plate right now.”

Bailey?

“He isn’t just some shit for her to deal with. He is my brother and he isstillher husband.”

“That is a fucking joke and you know it Noah.”

I need to open my eyes… I need…

“Do you honestly think she wouldn’t want to know what is going on? Look me in the fucking eye and tell me she would turn him away. That she wouldn’t help.”

Everything is spinning… Why am I so hot?

“...you may not understand because you’ve only seen him… them like this. But trust me when I tell you, I have never seen another couple so…. She still loves him…”

Bailey?

“I love you, Luke."

I feel a smile on my face, “Sunshine…”

Why is everything so fucking bright?

“Luke… Luke, can you hear me? My name is Doctor Johnson and I am here to help get you well enough so you can go home.”

Home… Bailey…

I am coming home sunshine…

chapter 33

bailey