~Present~

“Where is Jeremy?” She had asked.

My jaw clenched on their own, but I quickly covered the little disturbance I felt with a smile.

“Downstairs. He was here when you fell, though. He left after.”

She blinked, like she was trying to load the idea into her head. “He knows?”

“Yeah.”

Her chest rose and fell sharply. For a heartbeat I wanted her to be disappointed, to think he’d seen her fall and walked away. Maybe that was sick. Maybe I wanted him to look small in her ...