Echoes of Envy

COLE

Cade looks like shit, and I still envy him. The thought is ugly, I know that.

He's lying in a hospital bed with one arm strapped against his body, two fractured ribs, a concussion, smoke-damaged lungs, and enough medication to keep his eyelids heavy.

And Hazel is holding his hand.

Her chair is pulled so close her knee touches the mattress. One hand is wrapped around his left. Her thum