*The story continues in New York at the Coyne residence immediately after Fiona and Declan's phone call.
Declan collapsed onto his bed after hanging up the phone with Fi. He was exhausted, emotionally drained, tired of worrying about Holly J every second. He sincerely wished he could do something to help her condition, but he honestly didn't know how to help unless she reached out to him. He had to hold on to the small amount of pride he had left when it came to HJ. She had made it quite clear that she didn't need him. He would only make a fool of himself if he tried to come to her rescue like a modern day Clark Kent.
His flow of thoughts were abruptly interrupted as he heard his Blackberry vibrate. It was most likely a text from Fi, saying that she had come up with some new outlandish idea for Declan to save Holly J's life and get her back all at once. If there was actually some way to do that without pushing Holly J away further, he would have done it by now.
Grabbing his phone from under his pillow, he let out a sigh. Thankfully, Fiona had not sent him an outrageous text message, but he simply had received an e-mail. He was free from her antics for at least five more minutes. As he opened his e-mail, he furrowed his eyebrow. A plane ticket. Who would send him a plane ticket to Toronto? Oh yeah…that twin of his he was just thinking about. She wasn't ever going to quit, was she?
Declan scrolled down to delete the e-mail, but something caught his eye and made him pause. At the very end of the e-mail, in simple text read the line that changed everything.
"Because once upon a time you thought she was a girl worth fighting for."
And that was all. No begging from Fiona. No guilt-tripping. Just a simple sentence that he knew made all the difference in the world.
Declan shut his eyes tight, picturing Holly J's face in his mind. He loved her. And whether she needed him or not right now, he knew he needed her. And he couldn't let her die without a colossal fight from his part. His mind had been made up by his heart. He was going to Toronto.
