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familiar blush burned across her cheeks as her eyes dropped to her plate. I tugged at her hand and forced her closer to the table as I kissed her palm.
    “What’s going on?”
    “We’ve been doing this for, what, three months now?”
    “Three months, a week, and two days.”
    “You’re counting?”
    “Is that weird?”
    She shook her head with something like wonder. “That’s just…that’s what I’m talking about.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “You fly out here twice a week to have dinner with me, but you don’t…”
    “I don’t what?”
    Her blush deepened and I caught on. I lifted her hand to my mouth again, pressing my lips to her palm for a long moment.
    “You are the most beautiful, neurotic woman I have ever known.”
    “I’m neurotic.”
    “You are. How could you think I don’t want you?”
    She sat up a little straighter, her eyes shooting around the restaurant as though afraid someone had heard what I’d said. But with the noise level of the many, many conversations around us, I’d be surprised if the waiter could hear our dessert request.
    “Just because I haven’t tried to stay at your place since that first night…”
    Her eyes jumped to my face. “Since that first night?”
    “Yes. The night you made it pretty clear you wanted to wait a while before things went to the bedroom.”
    “It was our first date.”
    “So?”
    Her eyes narrowed in that cute way she had when she was irritated. “Do you always have sex on your first date?”
    “It’s been known to happen.”
    She groaned, tossing herself back against the chair like a child having a fit.
    “I am so out of my league with you.”
    “I didn’t think this was a competition.”
    “But every time I think I know where I stand with you, you turn everything on its heel.”
    “Then tell me what you want from me and I’ll be more than happy to give it to you.”
    She shook her head, tears shining in her eyes. “If I knew what I wanted, I could tell you.”
    “I know what I want.” I got up and moved into the seat next to her. “I want you. I want to be near you; I want to talk to you; I want sit quietly with you. I want to do whatever it is you want to do. That’s all.”
    She lay her head on my shoulder. “I don’t know why.”
    “I could give you a million reasons,” I said, sliding my hand along her knee until it slipped under her skirt. “And I’ll start with this.”
    She reached up and kissed me. “Maybe we should go,” she whispered.
    “If that’s what you want.”
    ***
    Harley’s number continued to fall, a little bit at a time. After ten days of continuous decline, it finally slid under twenty.
    “Do you think they’ll try to wake her up today?” I asked Alicia.
    She looked up, her fingers wrapped around Harley’s wrist as she took her pulse. “I’d say it’s a pretty good possibility.”
    I brushed my fingers over Harley’s jaw. “You hear that, babe,” I said softly. “You’re going to wake up.”
    “Are you prepared for that?”
    I glanced at Alicia. To be honest, I was scared. The doctor’s warning about complications played through my mind over and over again every day. I was so afraid of an infection that I was afraid to leave the room longer than it took me to take a shower and change. I was so worried about brain damage that I wouldn’t even allow myself to think about it. The idea that Harley would wake up and not be the Harley I knew was the most frightening thing I could imagine. So I didn’t think about it.
    “She’ll be fine.”
    Alicia nodded. “Most likely. But there is the possibility that she could have some lingering effects. I’m sure Dr. Caliendo talked to you about that.”
    “He did.”
    “I’ve seen patients with similar injuries wake up with no problem. But I’ve also seen the opposite.”
    “Have you?”
    “You have to be prepared for the worst but hope for the best.”
    “Harley will be fine. You didn’t know her before this, but I did. She’s strong