“So, do I get to know what it is you left me here to go and fetch?”
“There’s no way you didn’t snoop through my car the first chance you got.”
“Perhaps I would like to hear it from you.”
He smiled, but shook his head. He was too tired to argue with her, and she did know exactly what he had gone to fetch.
“I don’t want her to hear,” he looked towards Elizabeth.
“Spoilsport. She’s dead to the world right now, you know she won’t hear.”
Thankfully for Sawyer, Elizabeth stirred. She was still fast asleep, but it gave him an excuse to get his sister to drop her inquisition, and she finally left him alone with Elizabeth again.
He sat down on the bed beside her, gingerly reaching out to stroke her cheek. His hands were still like ice from going out to the car and she felt pleasantly warm t
