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"Just ignore their calls. Stop picking up the phone."
"I can't do that. It makes me look guilty." His words hung in the air. "I'm not, Penny. I would never do something to hurt you."
"I know. And James has people looking into it. Just...don't come back. Don't answer their phone calls. I'm taking care of it."I'm going to take care of it. After I sit with James for a few more minutes.I just felt so tired. All I wanted to do was wait for him to open his eyes. And I needed to be here when that happened.
"He's going to wake up, Penny."
I nodded but didn't actually say anything into the phone.
"Call me if you need anything, okay?"
"I will." I swallowed hard. "How...how are you doing?"
"I'm okay."
He wasn't okay. I could hear it in his voice. But I wasn't going to question him like he had me. Because I couldn't handle anything else right now. I felt guilty enough as it was. "Call me when you find the sunnier place you've been searching for."
"Yeah. As soon as I find it."
"Bye, Tyler."
"Tell James he'd better wake up. Tell him to fight."
Before I could say anything, Tyler hung up the phone. I turned away from the window. James was my sunny place. And I knew I couldn't exist in the dark.
Devotion - Chapter 22
Thursday
"She has an alibi."
I looked up. I hadn't even noticed Mason come in. No one but immediate family had been allowed to visit him yet. I wasn't sure if he had sneaked in or if they had let him back. I was supposed to be taking care of everything like I had told Tyler, but I hadn't left James' side. It felt like I was frozen in time. I couldn't do anything. It was like time was standing still until he came back to me.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, someone vouched for Isabella being in another state on the night of your wedding."
"That's impossible. I know it was her."
"I have some guys looking into it."
I didn't need to ask any questions about that. I knew Mason would hire the best of the best. "Who vouched for her?"
"Her boyfriend I think."
I took a deep breath. Austin? Was Austin her boyfriend? I shook away the thought. I couldn't put any more blame on myself. I was already drowning. "Why would they believe someone close to her?" Austin and I hadn't ended on good terms but that wason him. Why was he trying to ruin my life? Why would he do this?
"We'll get her. In the meantime, you need to go talk to the police."
"I'm not talking to them."
"You have to."
I squeezed James' hand. "They already had a chance to listen to us. They chose not to."
"Penny, they just arrested Melissa."
"What?" I immediately stood up. "For what?" I imagined her yelling and screaming in the halls of the hospital demanding answers. I had been held up in here for days. I should have been out there keeping everyone updated.
