The Unwanted Man's Triumph

her voice flat, dismissing my pain and the harvested

table, nodded silently and had

My head throbbe

covery room, the local

ere, looking

than?" she asked,

sm thick. "Glad I could be of se

y tone was new. The resignation was still t

difficul

d took out a thick enve

nto the bed. Ca

t. I' d

guards had retrieved, buz

is waiting. Let me know

he screen as Vi

was t

ne,"

ter. My thr

myself up

ian' s recovery

passed, looking

ing his forehead with a damp cloth. He was m

d kissed him, a lo

er than the pain. It wasn't jea

r fountain and

ting for me, arms crossed. Jul

ky accused, her voice cold. Julian

ng water," I

Julian remembered your promi

I' d hoped th

line. From a collector in Mon

ana?

skin taken off my a

simple errand. A private jet i

she and Julian could play house

or is elderly and lives at the top of a mountain. No elevator.

n sni

new level

aged, my head w

lve in her eyes. T

ustin, was the only thing t

ed, de

d me from the clinic dire

ana was a blur of p

t me with pity as I knelt on his porch,

, velvet box containin

nd, my legs gave

mbered was the cold s