I tried his home number instead.
After the third ring, Gideon answered.
"Cross," he said curtly.
"Hi."
There was silence for the length of a heartbeat, then, "Hang on."
I heard a door open.
The sound on the phone changed - he'd stepped away from wherever he'd been.
"Is everything all right?" he asked.
"No."
I rubbed at my tired eyes.
"I miss you."
He sighed.
"I .
I can't talk now, Eva."
"Why not? I don't understand why you're acting so cold to me.
Did I do something wrong?" I heard murmuring and realized he'd muffled the receiver to talk to someone else.
A horrible feeling of betrayal tightened my chest, making it hard to breathe.
"Gideon.
Who's at your place with you?" "I have to go."
"Tell me who's there with you!" "Angus will be at the hospital at seven.
Get some sleep, angel."
The line went dead.
I lowered my hand and stared at my phone, as if it could somehow reveal to me what the f**k had just happened.
I made it back to Cary's room, felt weighted down and miserable as I pushed open the door.
Cary took one look at me and sighed.
"You look like your puppy just died, baby girl."
The dam broke.
I started sobbing.
Chapter 14
I hardly slept all night.