Oh, yeah I did, Alamo signed me and Rabbit up. I needed to remember to put laxative in his coffee.
“Yeah, I’ll be there,” I promised.
“See you then.”
I hung up and loaded the boxed items into my saddlebags, before heading to the hospital. I hoped they didn’t give me a hard time about seeing her. I was admittedly in the mood for a fight and pretty much anyone would do.
* * *
Lyric
I awoke to an empty room, and in unbearable pain. I couldn’t stop a whimper as I shifted in the bed to find the call button for the nurse.
“Shit,” a deep voice hissed. “You okay?”
My gaze flew toward the sound and I gasped. “You.”
“Yeah, me,” he said, his eyebrows furrowed in concern. “You need a nurse?”
“Yes,” I cried out as I sat up and my leg protested the movement.
He rushed into the hallway and yelled for a nurse, and one came rushing in within seconds.
“She’s in pain,” Lincoln explained.
The nurse checked my chart, then shot something into my IV and I was no longer in pain. “Thank you,” I rasped, smacking my lips together.
“I’m Shauna and I’ll be here with you until the morning. You can’t eat or drink anything, but I can get you some ice chips to help with the dry mouth.”
I nodded and Shauna left me with the ridiculously hot stranger. “What are you doing here?” I asked, but I’m pretty sure it came out as, “What kdjkdkdjkdjjfjk, phhht?”
He smiled. “I brought everything I could rescue from your car.”
“You did?”
“Yeah.” He nodded toward the window. “It’s all there. Your purse and laptop, along with some notebooks.”
“Thank you,” I whispered. “Those were all of my case notes. I’d have been screwed without those.”
“Case notes?”
“I’m a lawyer,” I explained. I think. I had no idea exactly how it was coming out of my mouth.
“You don’t take notes on your computer?”
I shook my head. “I remember better when I write them down. Plus, no one can hack the information.”
He smiled.
Lordy, he’s a beautiful man.
His eyes crinkled deeper and he chuckled. “Thank you.”
“Oh my god, did I just say that out loud?”
“You absolutely did.”
I blushed squeezing my eyes shut tight. “It’s the drugs.”
