Chapter Two Hundred Forty Nine

Emily.

“Quit the act, Emily,” I blinked at him wondering what he was talking about.

“I…I don’t understand,” I asked, looking at him in surprise.

“You can stop trying to act like a docile lady when you aren’t, it’s irritating and I have had enough of that,” he said as he walked toward me again.

“I….still don’t know….” I let my mouth shut with just a look from him.

“What are you doing here Ian? I thought you said you wouldn’t visit again,” I asked, changing the subject.

He merely glanced at me as he roamed around the hospital room. Yeah, I am still in the hospital. I didn’t want to leave and return to that cell so I had to go up with one excuse or another but the doctor has agreed to let me out this week.

I watched Ian as he stopped at the cot and stared intensely. I wondered what he was staring at.

“What’s wrong?” I had to ask when he didn’t say anything for over five minutes but just stared at the empty cot.

“I have this one question in my mind as soon as I hear you are in th