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I stayed with my dad for several hours until he fell asleep again, with Amelia by his side. We’d moved him to his bedroom upstairs, and he was now fast asleep while Amelia stayed up and watched him. I found it funny that she stayed with him the same way I stayed up with Asher last night.
What is it with the men in our family and needing to be cared for?
I didn’t even feel the exhaustion until I stepped out of the room. The weight of the last few hours suddenly came crashing down on me, and I felt like I was going to collapse from it all. I had to hold the wall and steady myself, a strange buzzing in my ear.
Suddenly a pair of strong arms came up around me, wrapping around my waist and holding me steadily. Asher’s face appeared beside mine, and he smiled in that devil-may-care wa
