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returned to her, but right now she could only find it in herself to be grateful that she was safe and sound.
“Would you like some breakfast?” Lind asked.
“Yes, please. I’m starved.”
He offered her a smile and gestured for her to take a seat at the table. Soon enough, Eve had her own cup of coffee and a food-packed plate. Lind was sitting across from her, and she regarded him carefully over the brim of her mug.
“How’s Alec?” she asked after long minutes of silence. “Is he…?” she let the question hang in the air, somewhat terrified to formulate it fully.
“He’s alive,” Lind said quickly. “He’s going to be just fine.”
Eve exhaled in relief. “That’s good news,” she said.
“Yeah.”
The silence came back, and for the first time since she had met Lind, it was an uncomfortable kind of silence.
Finally, Lind heaved a deep sight. “I owe you an apology,” he began. “I was an asshole.”
“No arguments there,” Eve said, but she couldn’t really bring herself to be mad at him. After all, he had saved her. Again.
“I was…really spiraling,” Lind admitted. “It was touch and go for a long while there. I never meant for you to see me like that. I’m…very sorry. I realize that doesn’t cover it—”
“It covers it,” Eve said, cutting him off gently. She realized as she said it that she truly meant it. She had longed too fiercely to have him in her life again—however briefly—to let the past ruin this moment. She reached out across the table and squeezed his hand. “We’re okay.”
He looked at her incredulously. “Really?” he said. “Just like that?”
Eve grinned. “I won’t say no if you decide to buy me dinner.”
He chuckled and shook his head.
Eve sat back in her chair and attacked her food again. “You wanna tell me what happened with Gary? I think I might’ve missed a few things.”
As it turned out, there wasn’t much to tell. It had taken Lind seventy-two hours to get clean, which Eve thought was surprising given the condition she had found him in. After he had managed to press the pause button on his demons, he and the rest of the Diamondbacks had set out to find her. It didn’t take them very long. The revenge that had clouded Gary mind had also made him not very smart. He was keeping Eve in the back room of the rebuilt Cobra; he thought that, due to it being so obvious, it would be the last place where they would look.
What happened after that, Lind said, was what always happened in similar circumstances. Shots were fired, and people were killed (luckily, no one from the gang). Eve was a little ashamed to admit that she was happy to learn that Vincent had been one of the casualties. As for Gary, Lind shot him when he picked up the bat from the hands of the fallen Vincent and attempted to strike an unconscious Eve with it.
At the end of the bloodied tale, Eve smiled shakily. “Sounds like I owe you the use of my legs as well as my life.”
Lind frowned in confusion.
“He wanted to cripple me with that bat,” Eve said, surprised at how detached she sounded to her own ears as she recounted the events. “He said he wanted me to know what he had to go through.”
“Son of a bitch!” Lind hissed in anger.
Eve shook her head. “It’s done now.” She caught his gaze and held it. “Thank you,” she said sincerely.
Lind nodded curtly.
Unable to resist, Eve leaned forward to capture his mouth in a kiss. To her surprise, Lind returned it only for a moment before shaking himself out of it and pulling back sharply.
“I’m sorry,” he said, sitting back in his chair. “I can’t.”
Eve sat back down slowly and watched him carefully. “Why? What is it?”
“You’re engaged.”
Eve arched an eyebrow. “That never seemed to stop you before.”
Lind gave her a weak smile. He shook his head. “It’s
“Would you like some breakfast?” Lind asked.
“Yes, please. I’m starved.”
He offered her a smile and gestured for her to take a seat at the table. Soon enough, Eve had her own cup of coffee and a food-packed plate. Lind was sitting across from her, and she regarded him carefully over the brim of her mug.
“How’s Alec?” she asked after long minutes of silence. “Is he…?” she let the question hang in the air, somewhat terrified to formulate it fully.
“He’s alive,” Lind said quickly. “He’s going to be just fine.”
Eve exhaled in relief. “That’s good news,” she said.
“Yeah.”
The silence came back, and for the first time since she had met Lind, it was an uncomfortable kind of silence.
Finally, Lind heaved a deep sight. “I owe you an apology,” he began. “I was an asshole.”
“No arguments there,” Eve said, but she couldn’t really bring herself to be mad at him. After all, he had saved her. Again.
“I was…really spiraling,” Lind admitted. “It was touch and go for a long while there. I never meant for you to see me like that. I’m…very sorry. I realize that doesn’t cover it—”
“It covers it,” Eve said, cutting him off gently. She realized as she said it that she truly meant it. She had longed too fiercely to have him in her life again—however briefly—to let the past ruin this moment. She reached out across the table and squeezed his hand. “We’re okay.”
He looked at her incredulously. “Really?” he said. “Just like that?”
Eve grinned. “I won’t say no if you decide to buy me dinner.”
He chuckled and shook his head.
Eve sat back in her chair and attacked her food again. “You wanna tell me what happened with Gary? I think I might’ve missed a few things.”
As it turned out, there wasn’t much to tell. It had taken Lind seventy-two hours to get clean, which Eve thought was surprising given the condition she had found him in. After he had managed to press the pause button on his demons, he and the rest of the Diamondbacks had set out to find her. It didn’t take them very long. The revenge that had clouded Gary mind had also made him not very smart. He was keeping Eve in the back room of the rebuilt Cobra; he thought that, due to it being so obvious, it would be the last place where they would look.
What happened after that, Lind said, was what always happened in similar circumstances. Shots were fired, and people were killed (luckily, no one from the gang). Eve was a little ashamed to admit that she was happy to learn that Vincent had been one of the casualties. As for Gary, Lind shot him when he picked up the bat from the hands of the fallen Vincent and attempted to strike an unconscious Eve with it.
At the end of the bloodied tale, Eve smiled shakily. “Sounds like I owe you the use of my legs as well as my life.”
Lind frowned in confusion.
“He wanted to cripple me with that bat,” Eve said, surprised at how detached she sounded to her own ears as she recounted the events. “He said he wanted me to know what he had to go through.”
“Son of a bitch!” Lind hissed in anger.
Eve shook her head. “It’s done now.” She caught his gaze and held it. “Thank you,” she said sincerely.
Lind nodded curtly.
Unable to resist, Eve leaned forward to capture his mouth in a kiss. To her surprise, Lind returned it only for a moment before shaking himself out of it and pulling back sharply.
“I’m sorry,” he said, sitting back in his chair. “I can’t.”
Eve sat back down slowly and watched him carefully. “Why? What is it?”
“You’re engaged.”
Eve arched an eyebrow. “That never seemed to stop you before.”
Lind gave her a weak smile. He shook his head. “It’s
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