10-19-2025, 08:36 PM
Minutes passed and Jay was about to get up and walk out. Maybe lay down on the floor and take a nap. Something. When he heard voices in the distance, he ignored them, short of his own name sounding across the waiting room.
But it was the footsteps that made him look up.
He kind of hoped Natalie was asleep when he sent the info about Medsi. But despite it being middle of the night, a swell of relief rose upon seeing her. And the coffee.
His brows lifted when she spoke to Carter right out.
“Uh, no,” he muttered when the ‘old friend’ came up. That was already a landmine and he wasn’t about to step on it. Not here.
Natalie was as tight lipped about her family as Jay had been about his. But he recognized it when Carter assumed Natalie was her older sister.
He climbed to his feet as a means of interrupting (and snatching the extra coffee). “Natalie,” he corrected on an attempt to regain her attention. He showed her his hand, and with the good one, sipped coffee. It was black and blue by now, and the knuckles all but swollen into oblivion.
But it was the footsteps that made him look up.
He kind of hoped Natalie was asleep when he sent the info about Medsi. But despite it being middle of the night, a swell of relief rose upon seeing her. And the coffee.
His brows lifted when she spoke to Carter right out.
“Uh, no,” he muttered when the ‘old friend’ came up. That was already a landmine and he wasn’t about to step on it. Not here.
Natalie was as tight lipped about her family as Jay had been about his. But he recognized it when Carter assumed Natalie was her older sister.
He climbed to his feet as a means of interrupting (and snatching the extra coffee). “Natalie,” he corrected on an attempt to regain her attention. He showed her his hand, and with the good one, sipped coffee. It was black and blue by now, and the knuckles all but swollen into oblivion.
Only darkness shows you the light.