I yanked my finger off the button and took a deep calming breath as I stared at the speaker, willing it to come to life. Nothing. He wasn’t at home.Through your thin hospital gown I could see the outline of your thick, muscled body, that body you worked on every day to keep your demons at bay. Damn you. I could see you as you stood naked before me for the first time.What if he was with Salem? What if he was with her right now? Upstairs. Together. What if that open box of condoms was for her?“I haven’t slept with her. I promise you, I won’t.”My breath came out in short bursts as my lungs clamped together. What if Salem was trying to get me to break up with Clay so she could have him back? What if I was just some pawn caught up in their lovers’ tiff?I lifted up my eyes to where I knew his balcony was. Nobody was on it. I needed to get up there.Clay’s key. I still had Clay’s spare key from when I brought him his toiletries at the hospital. I rummaged through my bag and found them before letting myself into the lobby.
