#Chapter33
/"Might be a sexy fresh look for you, Ems. You’re cute enough to pull it off./" He smiles at me and I sigh, pulling myself back together and dry my face on my sleeve. I take the gadgets he hands me from my desk and put them in the base of the suitcase, gently wrapping them in the protective sleeves I leave in there. My mind is blocking out any thoughts about my mother lying in a hospital bed right now and I don’t even want to process this anymore.
/"I can’t let you come Jake … I don’t want you to see her like she is./" I glance at him nervously. Stomach churning.
/"Why, Emma? You haven’t told me what happened./" He moves behind me, taking a strand of my loose hair and tucks it behind my ear; a normal Jake gesture which serves to make me feel fully calm. Safe. His presence and touch like a balm.
