“How about I move you into the old house?” Mammon offers. “Renters are out of it. It’s furnished, and you can stay there as long as you want. We’ll move everything over there for you.”
Delaney takes a moment to think it over. Fine, I’ll stay at the old house,” she agrees.
A part of me is relieved that she didn’t agree to stay at my place, but another part of me doesn’t want her out of my sight. I don’t get it, and right now I don’t want to. Neither of us knows each other well enough to even go down that path.
Chapter Eleven
Delaney
If I don’t get out of this house soon, I’m going to lose it. Sure, I’m grateful to my brother for giving me the option of moving back in here now that the renters are out of it, but it’s a struggle to be here in this home.
A home I grew up in. A place where I ran around chasing after both my big brothers.
The past three days, I’ve cried. I’ve freaked. I’ve laughed, thinking about the memories this place holds for me.
Even the growth chart is still on the door trim in the room I’m now staying in, but it used to be my dad’s. I don’t know how Mammon has been able to keep this here with all the renters that have come and gone from this place, but here it is.
Mammon stayed with me the first two nights after they released me from the ER, but I demanded he go back to the clubhouse yesterday. As much as I love having my brother around, his protectiveness is too much for me at times.
I get he wants to be there. Fix everything that’s happened between us, but it’s not like it can happen overnight. I thinkwhat he witnessed with Della really freaked him out, and he’s struggling with the idea that it could be me.
The fact that Philip attacked me doesn’t help the situation either.
However, my brother isn’t the only one who’s been around that’s getting to me. The past several days, I’ve had a whole slew of people in and out.
Della has been by a few times, bringing delicious meals from the ranch’s cook, Judy. She’d stay for a bit and head back out, never overstaying her welcome. She did share with me what happened to her and how she ended up with Shadow. I love that she found happiness with a man she clearly adores.
The people I didn’t want to see are those like Lily and her church cronies. I didn’t have anything against church and bible study, but I don’t have the patience for gossip. The dishes they brought by, I threw right in the trash.
It’s not like any of those meals would have been good. It’s the ones that made from the heart that count to me.
One person I haven’t heard from since being discharged is Tyler. It's fine that I haven’t, but I do have my appointment today, and I’m trying to figure out whether I should invite him to tag along.
He’d been silent after I told Mammon I’d stay here with him, and I’m thankful for that. I hadn’t been sure how to handle him offering me to come stay with him. I didn’t think he needed my drama at his doorstep, and I didn’t want him dealing with it in the first place.
Besides, it would just be weird staying with him when we don’t know each other. Not to mention, my attack has me leery of being around him, though he’s not responsible for it.
Sighing, I stop fidgeting with my phone, pull up his number, and click on the message thread.
Me: I have a doctor's appointment today.
I click send before I can delete the message.
A few minutes pass before my phone beeps, indicating a message has come in. It’s from him.
Tyler: What time is your appointment?
I bite my lower lip, wincing as it’s still healing, and type.
Me: 2:30. You don’t have to come, but I thought I’d let you know.
Not even a minute passes before he responds
Tyler: I’ll meet you there.
I suck in a breath as I read the line two times, letting it sink in. He’s going to go to my appointment. Wait, how does he know where my appointment is?
Me: You don’t have to go. Besides, you don’t know where the doctor’s office is.
