Page 64 of The Incredible Ordinary

And we wait.

A few minutes later an officer appears.

“Milán Corbin?” he says.

“That’s me,” Milán says at once.

“Follow me, please.”

Milán starts to move, then glances back at me.

“You should get out of here.” He sends me a weak smile. “While you still can.”

I eye him and bite down on the right side of my lower lip for a second, considering his words and contrasting them with his tense shoulders and worried expression, and I come to a snap decision.

“I’ll be here,” I say.

He closes his eyes for a moment, and after he opens them, he gives me a quick nod and then follows the officer inside the precinct.

I take a seat on one of the benches and settle in.

I jerkmy head up when a pair of feet appear somewhere above where I’m scrolling on my phone.

Milán is standing in front of me, and I sit up straight and stuff my phone back into my pocket.

I raise my brows at him in question.

“They’re sending him out in a second. Paperwork took about forever.”

“What happened?” I ask.

“Trespassing and vandalism.” He slumps heavily onto the bench, leans forward, elbows on knees, and rubs his hands over his face. “He broke into an abandoned building.”

With no idea how to be helpful, I just put my hand on his back and keep it there.

A few minutes later, the door opens and Rory walks through, accompanied by another officer.

Milán’s back straightens, and he gets up slowly.

Rory keeps eyeing the floor studiously.

I wait.

Milán blows out a breath, and then he’s in front of Rory. Milán looks like he’s going to give Rory a hug, but then something seems to stop him, and he just stands in front of Rory.

“Are you okay?” he asks in a low voice.

Rory hesitates for a bit, then nods once.

“Let’s get out of here,” Milán says.

Milán closesthe apartment door behind him after Rory and I have both gotten inside. He’s been silent the whole way here, and Rory keeps sending him quick looks whenever he thinks Milán isn’t paying attention to him.

We all take off our shoes, and then we just stand in silence for a moment.

“Go put your things in your room,” Milán tells Rory.

He doesn’t argue, just goes.