Wilke brushed his thumb over her cheek. "You're important to me, too, Daph. Have been for a long time."

That, more than the boredom, was the hardest part about coming here. He'd taken a six month jump backwards on this particularly crappy emotional roller coaster.Here he thought the worst moment would have been Joey's, or when she'd shot him the big puppy eyes about Emmett's fund raising shit.

But that was different. He wasn't about to hold this Daphne accountable for shit she hadn't done yet. Christ, it all gave him a headache.