“Yeah, Maddie… what were you going to say?” The sound of her name on my lips has her eyes widening even more, and she sucks in a breath. “I, uh, was going to say, uh, thank you. I mean, I know you’re doing this for Elliott, but I just wanted to say thank you.” The more she rambles, the pinker her cheeks get. “Uh, it’s nice to know that I have someone… I mean besides Elliott… that you have my back.”
