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Chapter 106 - Erasing Insecurities
"Alright, you should know," Cailen said as he walked- yes, walked- Asher up to the door of their flat.
Asher was walking now, with the help of a cane, and at about a quarter of the speed of a normal person, but he was walking so Cailen was thankful.
There was a while there where Cailen knew Asher figured he would never walk again and was ready to just give up, but he pushed through it and now he was able to come home with the promise of coming back to the hospital twice a week for Physio.
It was the first time Asher would be home since the accident. He had been discharged this morning but had to wait because Cailen still had to finish his shift before he could take him home.
"That the second you get in there, you will have a face full of slobber," Cailen warned him, referring to the dog waiting inside.
Loki has been miserable the past few weeks without Asher, not even Ezekiel
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