Page 63 of Unforgettable
“That doesn’t give you the right to just walk in.”
“I knocked.”
“You need to leave.”
“No.”
The firmness in his voice caught her off guard.
“Brew—”
“I’m not leaving until you tell me what just happened,” he said, stepping closer. “Because whatever you think it was, you’re wrong.”
“It doesn’t matter,” she said quickly, turning away. “This was a mistake.”
“No, it wasn’t.”
“You don’t get to decide that.”
“And you don’t get to shut me out without letting me explain.”
“There’s nothing to explain,” she snapped. “I saw everything I needed to see.”
“Then you didn’t see enough.”
“Please just go,” she said, her voice breaking slightly. “I don’t want to do this.”
“I do.”
She shook her head.
“Stop—”
“Hear me out!”
The words broke through everything.
She went still.
“What you saw isn’t what you think,” he said, his voice steady now. “Her name is Sabrina. She was my first surgical nurse. She moved away. She’s married, Randi. She’s here visiting with her husband, and she’s pregnant.”
The truth landed slowly.
Undoing everything.
“You walked in on something that had nothing to do with us,” he continued. “And instead of asking me, you decided what it meant.”
Randi stared at him, her breath catching.
“Oh my God …I’m sorry,” she said quietly. “I didn’t give you a chance.”
“No,” he said, softer now, “you didn’t.”
Silence settled between them.
Not tense.
Just honest.
