Mason laughed bitterly, "Let me ask you one thing - if you were in my shoes, would you use this method?"

Derek lounged lazily against his chair, his casual tone hitting right where it hurt: "I wouldn't let this situation happen in the first place."

*****

At the hospital, Aurora was discharged after finishing her IV.

She didn't want to stay in the hospital anyway - what if someone else came to have another "talk" with her?

Back in her own little nest, her mood ...