Chapter 9Thursday
“I don’t care what you say. I want to go home!”
I was standing with my back to the door, blocking William’s way out of the room. “I know you do, but right now, you can’t.”
He glared at me, and for a second, I feared he’d shove me out of the way.
“You don’t understand. This is not my home. I need to go home. Charlie will worry if I don’t come.”
“Charlie knows you’re here.”
“You’re just saying that. Charlie would never leave me here.”
The heron grabbed my heart in its beak and squeezed. “He would if he couldn’t take care of you.”
“No.” The word came out in a whisper, and I was pretty sure my heart broke. “He would never leave me in a place like this. This looks like one of those fake hospitals, one of those places disguised as a home but crawling with medical person
