Torin (Hope City #9) - Maryann Jordan Page 0,77

but he hoped that she’d always let him be there to make things better. Now, if I can just get out of this fuckin’ hospital.

Torin had sent her home to try to get a little rest while he waited to see when he could be discharged, but home was no longer where Erin wanted to be. She loved her family, but her room felt too confining. And as soon as she left her room, her family hovered. She could tell they were trying not to appear like they were hovering even though that’s exactly what they were doing.

As soon as her parents had gotten out of early mass, her mother had managed to always be just outside Erin’s bedroom whenever she popped out. Caitlyn had come over and was in the kitchen, ready to offer a cup of tea or something to eat. Tara and Colleen were also over, and she knew Tara was itching to see if she wanted to talk.

Finally, to appease everyone and escape her room, she’d sat down at the kitchen table, accepted a cup of tea from Caitlyn, and managed to smile at Tara but finally had to admonish her mom to please sit down and stop flitting all about. She looked down at her phone, hoping that Torin would call to let her know he was ready to be picked up. If he didn’t text soon, she was heading back to the hospital.

“Will he be going back to his grandparents’ house for a while?” her mom asked.

“No, he says he can’t wait to get back to his apartment.”

“Isn’t that over the pub?” Her mom’s voice rose with each word.

As much as she wanted to be with him in the apartment, the image of the stairs leading upward from the street gave her pause, but she felt sure if he leaned on her in combination with the railing and his crutch, they could make it up there. “I confess it won’t be easy, but I’ll be there to help.” And as soon as I get him up there, I can take care of everything so he won’t need to move around much. “I’m not sure why, but just the idea of helping him recover settles my mind.”

Tara smiled, reaching over to pat her hand. “Because it gives you something to do. Most of us feel better when we can actually do something. We don’t have to fix the situation, but if we feel like we're helping, it calms us. It gives us a purpose.”

Erin took in Tara’s words, turning them over in her mind. She had to admit that her sister was right. She thought about this, then realized how quiet the room had become and looked up to see the other women staring at her. They’re probably wondering if I’m going to start crying again.

Instead, she nodded. “I think you’re right. That was one of the most horrible things when John was injured—I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t make it better. But Torin is alive, and even though we might have to get creative on getting him upstairs to his apartment, once we’re there, we will be fine.”

“You won’t have to worry about a thing,” Sharon said. “All of us will pitch in to help!”

The sound of men’s voices from the backyard was heard, and she turned to look through the sliding glass door. Sean and Kyle had arrived and were now talking to their dad.

As the men and Colleen came through the door, Sean caught Tara’s gaze. Tara jumped up and said, “Come on, sweetie. I’ll take you to the den, and you can watch a movie for a little while.”

Colleen plopped her hands on her waist and said, “You’re just trying to get rid of me so the grown-ups can talk. But that’s okay, I get to watch a movie!”

While Tara got Colleen settled, Sean and Kyle came into the dining room, sitting close to Erin. Sharon brought in drinks for everyone, but Erin’s eyes were bouncing around at the family, particularly her detective brothers. “Okay, you guys are making me nervous. What’s going on?”

Sean threw his hands up, shaking his head. “No, no, it’s not bad. Chauncey gave us a heads-up that an investigator was coming to ask you questions and knew that we’d want to be with you. They’re going to show up here and your phone will be needed. They’re asking for photographs from anyone who was near the site of the explosion.”

“I need my phone. Torin is going

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