“Kaleb?” I asked, confused. I was looking for Dawn, so why was hehere?
“Take a deep breath for me, Elijah,” Kaleb said, leaning his forehead against my own. “Like this. In.Out.”
I copied him, not knowing why I had to. I was sure my eyes were wide withquestions.
“Good,” Kaleb praised as my heart began to slow, beating a more normal rhythm. “Again.”
“Where am I?” I asked once I wascalmer.
“You’re in a hospital, and you have to stay calm for me,alright?”
“Oh,” I answered confused. “Why?”
“You were in a car accident,” he answered. His brown eyes held something that he wasn’t tellingme.
“I’m tired, Kaleb,” I said, letting my eyes close before I quickly opened them again. I felt like I was missingsomething.
“You can sleep,” he said, brushing the hair off my forehead. “I have someone I need to go talk to.Sleep.”
“Okay,” I mumbled, letting sleep take my bodyover.
* * *
Kaleb
“He is not allowed to have any more drugs of any kind. Got it?” I seethed at the attending doctor. I was not thrilled at all about what the nurse had given him. It was meant to help his pain, not make him high as akite.
I couldn’t deny that I sort of enjoyed seeing Elijah high from pain meds, since I’d never seen him like that before. He never once touched any type of drugs, unless they were prescribed by a doctor, and he still wouldn’t touch them unless he absolutely neededthem.
After scaring the shit out of his doctor, I made a few phone calls, calling in a favor for a new doctor who would know Elijah as well as I did, so no more drugs would be prescribed unless I gave the okay to doso.
I knew when he woke up, he’d either still be high, or cranky as hell. I wasn’t sure which would be better; I’d talk him down, eitherway.
