Gabriel rolls his eyes.
“What happened after you got there?”
“I remember a pain in my stomach when I arrived. I put it down to the stress of the day, or thought maybe I pulled something when Jax and I dismantled the wall.”
Gabriel raises an eyebrow, and I shrug, grimacing as it pulls my stitches.
“Anyway, it lasted a couple of days, and I didn’t think anything of it. My mind was a little preoccupied. I went to bed. I woke up in the night, and the pain was worse. I took some painkillers, but then it suddenly subsided, so I went back to sleep.”
“Let me guess. By the time you woke up, the pain was a thousand times worse?”
“According to the doctor, that was probably when the appendix ruptured.”
“You’re lucky you didn’t develop sepsis.”
I flick the intravenous line, dripping high levels of antibiotics into me.
“It was a close call,” Jax’s tired voice says from the corner. “The infection was spreading throughout the abdomen. It’s going to take her a while to recover, according to the doctors.”
I harrumph. “I don’t have time to simply lie around. I have a company to run.” I say, looking between them both.
It’s like they’ve forgotten what I do.
Sadie will be having a field day with me out of the way.
“Elijah has stepped in as interim CEO. He’s handed Frazer Cyber Security to Kris now. He’ll hold down the fort while you recover. Cal is by his side, so is Mum.”
“Great, so you all want me to simply sit on my hands.”
“Yes,” they both say together.
“Actually, what we want is for you to give your body time to heal.”
I harrumph again, followed by a chuckle from the doorway.
Looking up I find my sister-in-law standing there.
“Leah, please talk some sense into these two.”
“I wish I could, Kat, but I’m with them on this one. I want my children’s aunty fit and well. You gave us all quite a scare.”
The worry lines around her eyes tell me exactly how much.
I cover my eyes with my hands and groan.
“You as well?”
“Afraid so.”
She moves towards the bed and drops a kiss on my cheek.
“It’s no different from how you would be if it were one of the others. Look at you with Harper.”
“Does Harper know?”
The last thing I want is my baby sister worrying about me.
“She’s been on the phone every day wanting updates. She was here in the room on a video call while we waited for you to come around after the operation.”
