#Chapter 164: Photo of a Kiss

By the next morning, I had somewhat lowered my panic. I was still nervous, but I called the hospital and moved up my appointment with Nurse Irene to this afternoon. The only other thing I could do in the meantime was not think of Asher. At all. With all Asher-thoughts banned until further notice, I swung by a store to buy cookies and then walked to Lamar’s dorm. Since he lived in the same building as Asher, I carefully checked around every corner and hallway. Only when there was no sign of Asher, did I carefully proceed. When I reached Lamar’s door, I exhaled a breath of relief. I removed the price sticker from my store-bought cookies, straightened, and knocked. “Wha-what time is it?” came Lamar’s muffled voice through the door. “Oh. Ah. Hold on! Coming!” There was a slam like he kicked something and then a few soft curses. When he finally pulled the door open, I felt guilty and nervous. I’d meant to bring him homemade cookies, but after last night, that wasn’t going to h