ed with fear

ital made Delia feel like s

ight, cold sweat break

t was on fire, the sting of chemicals-all of it bur

oor and moved to help

elia latched on

antically, tears streaming down her cheeks u

again, Noah had obvious

e you felt unwell, and now we're at t

ctually si

ws drew toge

r icy hand, tryin

nal tone. "Delia, we're already here. Let's just have the doctor

art was ra

in that her fear came from

xcuse, Curtis might decide

just did would

is, she looked u

od... but hospitals freak me

embled, full

n at her tear-str

, Noah's p

de, frowning a

is face grew seri

, there was an incident at the venue. Someone sneaked in with a knife and attac

off, a worried

go back," Curtis s

tle tighter. He let out

ng might go down, but he didn

ly behind it-he had a f

ah asked casually, though he was reall

lia wasn't ideal, so he just

nodded.

him back into the car in cas

but for all he knew, someone els

g toward the Stoc

e back, Delia cl

ed out, he instinctively put an arm

wasn't c

ly changed what happ

ding on tighter

her a though

ust coin

slightly un

snuggled closer, hiding her face in his c

n her eyes instantly so

melted into som

attered.Curtis thought for a moment, then said to Noah

sir," Noa

ght Delia was overly dr

le episode ended up keeping

g put him in a

what was going on, but it

it where

Curtis's chest, soaki

her mind finally

sn't set in s

ad a shot at fixing everyt

*

stopped, Deli

r down outside and was about to hel

eyebrow, clea

the car. "We're home. Let me help you out,"

de Curtis visibly s

, hesitation writte

ong for Delia to

oat tig

ome of the cruelest words

ken... couldn't even st

o help must've felt... w

flinched with

lia's voi

disappointment on his face a

now? You let me lean on you the whole ride

mise I'll be super careful," she a

sed together, unreadable emoti

he gave a

, but he didn't push

ently steadied his arm, guiding h

but every movement was slow,

es locked on her, ready to j

the wheelchair did Noah final

the way he stared at her like s

light sig

earned tha

e a hurricane before. Now, she'd ju

Dalton had already heard the c

he door opened. "Mr. Stockton, wel

nding to take over th

he wasn't the

when she saw Delia by the h

came back together? An

m face morphed into

at Noah, silently asking,

ands a little, looking m

t said, "Don't ask me-I'm clueless t

knew what Deli

ah and Edith secretly ra

volatile suddenly starts playing the p

he had some new