“It was a twenty-four hour drive home, give or take, and that was only if we drove straight through. The upside was, Kane and I had plenty of time to clear the air before I had to deal with the rest of my family; the downside was Kane and I had plenty of time to clear the air.Kane did me the courtesy of waiting until we were out of San Antonio before he started talking. "Leg bothering you?"The hand massaging my knee stopped. I'd done it again. "No.""Want to talk about it?""Let me know when you w...ant me to drive." I grabbed one of his hoodies from the back and pillowed it under my head. Night was a long way off and I was nowhere near tired, but I'd always done my share of the driving and that meant napping when you can. The problem was my brain wouldn't shut itself off."I meant Texas. Do you want to talk about why you were in—""No, Kane.""Well, for what it's worth, you do look better than you did the last time I saw you.""That's not saying much considering the last time you saw me I was confined to a hospital bed with my leg in traction.""You know what I mean, Jessalyn."We rode for a while longer as Gary Allen and Johnny Cash blasted out of the speakers and kept the silence from becoming unbearable.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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