The hurried footsteps as Della raced down the stairs made Lita look up in surprise. They hadn’t taken her with them.
The woman ran straight to Diarmid and knelt in front of him sobbing. “I’m sorry, baby. I’m so sorry. They said you and I would be together and they would help me win you back.” She cupped his face as she pressed kisses all over his cheeks.
Lita lifted her head to watch as the woman became even more unraveled than she had been. She noticed how Diarmid was starting to wake up and wished fervently Della wasn’t going to be the first thing he saw when he woke. Unfortunately, as his blue eyes blinked and his head shook as if trying to clear cobwebs, the blubbering mess of a woman was right in his face, crying and hugging him.
She pulled the gag out of his mouth, “Diarmid, I’m s
