Chapter Five
Elias
Four months later - March
“Oh, for f**k’s sake, I muttered, as one of my crutches dropped to the ground when I lost my grip.
Diego materialized at my side. “Got it.” He lifted it from the ground and handed it to me.
“Thanks, man.”
I hitched the crutch back under my arm. After adjusting my balance, I crutched along beside him as we got in line at Red Truck Coffee. The moment I looked up and saw Cammi moving swiftly as she took cash in one hand and turned to pull another shot of espresso with the other, my heart gave a swift kick. Something about her coming to visit me in the hospital had knocked me off balance a little. I didn’t like to admit it, definitely not, but she’d feathered along in the edges of my thoughts ever since.
She’d been so sweet to bring me coffee
