#Chapter 49: Meeting Ethan

He is still quiet. With one last glance at him, I quietly left the room. As she walked down the hospital corridor, I felt the exhaustion return in full force. I had crossed so many of my own boundaries just in the past couple of hours. It made one issue of mine more evident: Timothy and I were far from over. I stumbled through the door of the apartment, my body weak with exhaustion and hunger. The events from the woods still weighed heavily on me, and I felt like I could barely stand. Aria popped up from around the corner. As soon as she saw me, she came rushing towards me, her eyes wide with worry. "Oh, my goodness, Evie! What happened? Are you okay?" Aria asked rapidly. “I-I need to get his blood off of me,” I blurted out, tripping over my words. They didn’t seem to register to her at first as she stood there and blinked at me for a few seconds. Finally, it seemed to commute, and she backed away, holding her hands up. “Oh! Yeah, go take a long bath,” she begged, cla