Chapter 26

Sasha

I was putting the last few books into boxes when I heard someone at the door. I had been packing all day; the apartment was supposed to be vacant by tomorrow. All week I had been anxious about completion day. Harry mentioned that the doctors wanted to keep Dexter in the hospital for another week and that thought had been playing on my mind since I found out what happened. I ran to the door and opened it. My heart leaped in my throat when I saw Dexter right in front of me.

I was ready to slam the door in his face, but instead I lost the feeling in my limbs. My heart let me know that it was aware he was there, only a step away, by stuttering and then speeding up. He looked as handsome as always, but he looked better, healthier, whole, wearing a plain white T-shirt and old worn-in jeans. We hadn't seen each other for more than three weeks since that fateful day at the hospital.