Chapter 38
“Hmm, yes. It was coming. Because you can feel them coming. I got out of the car and I tried to recover a little with the rain and the fresh air.”
“I’m sorry. I probably didn’t help very much.”
Thomas laughed and shook his head. “No, but also yes. No, because the way you behaved didn’t make me feel comfortable and, let’s say it, it wasn’t a very soft approach. Yes, because regardless, you distracted my mind. And I thought about who the hell had jumped into my car instead of the fact I was going to die. And look at me now. I was very lucky.” He stretched a hand out and pulled Elias in his direction. “Anyway, I take medicine. Don’t worry. You won’t have to pick me up off the ground during a panic attack.”
Elias dropped his gaze to Thomas’s mouth and lowered his head to lick his lips. “You live alone. You’re not afraid of…this thing you have?”