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said. “Kane ain’t waking up. Ever. So… I guess it’s like he’s dead.”
     
    And so was Angeline.
     
    Pulling away from Noel, she tried to stand but only fell to the floor. She buried her face in the linoleum and screamed. She had only heard the word dead . Like her mother. Like too many patients to count. But this was him. Kane had sworn that a few short years would seem like nothing when he returned to her side.
     
    But now…
     
    “Don’t cry, Angel,” Noel said. “He wouldn’t want that.”
     
    Noel picked her up and turned her to eyes to his.
     
    “Would he?”
     
    Somehow she nodded and let Noel lead her to her room. Sitting her on the edge of the bed, he knelt at her feet and took her hands.
     
    “I know,” Noel said. “I miss him, too.”
     
    Angeline went numb. She barely registered his arms surrounding her, and she didn’t fight when he pressed her into the bed.
     
    “I know,” he repeated. “But I can help you.”
     
    Help came through his hands as he started undressing her lifeless form. Lifeless like Kane. As Noel’s lips started to lay claim her flesh, Angeline thought she saw Kane lingering in the corner, and she tried to escape the feel of Noel’s hold.
     
    “Shhh,” Noel said. “Let’s help each other.”
     
    His hand started to find its way up her skirt, and as he grazed her mound, Angeline pulled back.
     
    “What do you think you’re doing?” she said. “I don’t want—”
     
    “Me neither,” he said. “But I don’t… I can’t be alone tonight.”
     
    “I—“
     
    “Hey. Kane would want me to take care of you, Angel.”
     
    She started to thrash away from him.
     
    “Don’t call me that!” she cried. “I’m only his—”
     
    “I know,” Noel said. “Sorry.”
     
    He laid a light kiss on her cheek before shyly backing away.
     
    “I’m just trying to take care of you,” Noel said. “Like he would have wanted.”
     
    Kane had always told her that Noel was the best of his crew, the one that had saved him. Knowing that this had to be hitting him just as hard, she brought her hands to his face.
     
    “I know,” she whispered. “I know that he loved you, too.”
     
    Noel nodded and took her into his arms. His hold was sweet and kind, but Angeline’s mind went to Kane. They were nearly at the end of five long years apart, and she was ready for Kane to come back. He would need her arms, and Angeline was offering.
     
    But Kane wasn’t coming home
     
    “I did, Angeline,” Noel said. “I do.”
     
    She was lifeless, as Noel tried to offer comfort. As he entered her, Angeline rested around the feel of his pursuit.
     
    “And I like you, too,” Noel said. “So sweet, Angel.”
     
    Gritting her teeth, she fought past the need to blast him for taking the pet name into his mouth. If he was coming back, Kane would never have allowed it.
     
    “I’ll help you,” Noel purred.
     
    Kane was lost. She did this to him. Kane would have better off having never known her. But without him, she let Noel take her. As he tore off her blouse, Angeline flinched. Noel brought his hand to her face and whispered into her ear.
     
    “Kane would have wanted me to look after his Angel,” Noel said.
     
    But Angeline only wanted to die, to join him, yet she was too weak to protest the feel of Noel pushing inside her. On the instant of impact, she knew that this was not Kane. This was rough and even angry, yet Angeline laid still and took it. So what if it hurt? No one would ever be as sweet as the love that she had lost.
     
    So she let Noel comfort her.
     
    ***
     
    Tossing towards the empty pillow, Angeline turned to her side. Stroking the air, she pictured Kane, strong and free at her side.
     
    Never again. And even though she was dazed, lying with Noel was still a betrayal.
     
    “I’m… I’m sorry,” she whispered into the pillow. “I…”
     
    Clutching it close, as if it really was Kane, she sobbed into the soft down and prayed that