Lily
“Are you okay?” Vince asks the moment we jump off the ship. I nod, because I am not sure how I feel about what just happened. I am hoping he will let it go, but he doesn’t.
“You are not okay,” he says, and I let out a sigh.
“I don’t know, Vince. Meeting Grandpa Smith brought back some memories.”
“Paul’s or Denise’s?”
I give him a sharp stare. How can he bring up that i***t? He laughs and pulls me to his arms. He knew how I would react. Maybe I am the open book he calls me.
“Denise was a good person. I gathered that you two were close.”
I nod. “She was a very kind woman, funny and resilient. I did not understand it then why she insisted on me being allocated in her ward. I was certain that no one knew about my relationship with Paul. Declan suspected it because he kept tabs o
