Chapter 5

I didn't tell him where we were going. I told him, "Send the inhaler down with the valet. Now."

"Ava—"

"Ava——"

"She is breathing through the pain because you are holding the one thing that helps her."

For the first time that night, he went quiet.

Ten minutes later a valet jogged to the car with the blue inhaler in a paper envelope. Behind the glass doors, Caleb was still holding Milo.

I put it to Ellie's mouth. Her breath came back in small, broken pulls, then slowly evened out. Only then did I pull away from the curb.

We…