The light touch against his hand stopped and she chose to take it instead, her green eyes still cast down. Justin and the rest of her friends knew her too well. Knew she was bullheaded and determined, which often led to her doing things on her own. Even if it was several weeks and not a few, Megan did her best to handle her own problems.
His teasing voice reassured her some, but she felt immensely guilty for not having told him the truth to begin with. She'd even made it sound less dramatic to the Healers when they'd fist gotten there. "Several? Since the beginning of June." Her head rose and she looked at him apologetically, rubbing her lips together nervously.