For a long time, actually. All the time I was in the hospital, I felt this duty to stay. But then I realized . . . duty isn’t the same thing as desire. What I thought I wanted…I don’t want it anymore. Maybe I never really did. And even if I was still hung up on the idea of a big law firm in a big city . . . I want to choose you, Raylan. I want to choose you over anything else.” I shake my head in amazement. I really thought I was getting the hang of Riona. Then she knocks me over like this. I say. “I was all set to tell you that I was gonna stay here in Chicago. And darlin’, I’m still willing
...more
