“Pain. Fear. The body will do whatever it needs to do to protect itself. You know that.”
“If she doesn’t live, neither do you,” I snarl at the woman, who narrows her eyes at me.
“She’s going to be fine. Now get out of my way so I can finish examining her.”
“I’m staying right here.”
Dr. Asgood shakes her head and wisely keeps her mouth shut as she continues to look Eloise over.
“No head wounds,” she murmurs. “No facial fractures. Her jaw will be sore, though.”
For fuck’s sake.
“Wake up, firefly,” I whisper and kiss her hand. “Wake up for me.”
“You might want to leave the room while we reset this shoulder.”
“Absolutely fuckingnot.”
“It’s not?—”
“Do it,” I bark at her.
“She might come to while we do this,” she warns me. “And she might come up swinging.”
I fucking hope so.
Fifty-Eight
LULU
Iwake up disoriented with pain singing through every vein and muscle in my body. God, why does everything hurt so bad? Was I hit by a freaking bus?
“There she is.” A woman is crooning at me. I don’t know if anyone has evercroonedat me before. “Welcome back, Lulu. Do you remember me?”
“Dr. Asgood?” I frown up at her, and then it all comes back to me.
Again.
Tears form in my eyes, and suddenly, Rome’s there, my hand in his and pressed to his mouth as the tears flow down my cheeks.
“We got your shoulder reset,” the doctor says as she frowns. “That shoulder’s been through a lot.”
“Yeah.” Rome wipes my tears away. I can’t look away from him. His blue eyes look …scared.
“You may need surgery at some point. At the veryleast, you’ll need physical therapy in about a month once you’ve had time to heal.”
I nod, and my head spins. “That drug still isn’t gone.”
“What drug?” Rome growls.
“They drugged me. Loveland did. That’s how she got me to leave the shopping center with her. Oh God. Scarlett! Where’s Scarlett? Did they hurt her?”
“She’s safe and with Luke,” Rome assures me, brushing his hand through my hair. “She’ll want to see you as soon as you’re ready, but she’s fine.”
I relax in relief and sniff. “I don’t usually cry this much.”
“You’ve had a lot of trauma along with the drugs,” Dr. Asgood reminds me. “Tears seem pretty normal to me. Are you dizzy?”
