As I turn the corner, I find myself in a wide, spacious room. There’s a window looking out onto the gardens to the right, complete with a comfortable armchair and TV. The temperature is much more bearable in here.
I stand in the doorway in confusion as Crawford comes up behind me.
“What—” I say, staring at the nurses who all file out in a line beside me.
“I asked them to move her,” Crawford mutters matter-of-factly. “This is much more comfortable.”
My fingers tighten on the latte cup still held in my hand as I spin round to face him . “I didn’t ask you to do that.”
“You didn’t have to.
“I can’t afford a private room along with everything else,” I rage at him.
“Well, I can,” he replies with infuriating calm.
“No oneaskedyou to help. Would you please leave?”
“Amelia?”
I turn back to my sister, who is staring at us with a frown. I’m by her side instantly.
“Are you okay?” I pour her a glass of water, passing it to her as she drinks a little, and then hands it back.
“Aren’t you going to introduce me?” she asks with a little smirk.
I glower at her, but Crawford doesn’t hesitate and sticks out a hand.
“Lucas Crawford. You must be Annabelle.”
She shakes his hand. “Hi.”
“How are you feeling?” he asks.
“I’m okay. Mia worries about everything.”
I put my bag on the chair beside her bed, huffing at her irritably. “I just want you to feel better,” I mutter, my voice tight.
“This room is nice,” Annabelle says, looking around and up at the high ceiling.
“You’re moving back to the other room,” I say vehemently.
“Oh, alright,” Annabelle says, glancing at Crawford, who sighs heavily.
“You’re being stubborn for no reason, Amelia. Let me take care of your sister.”
“That ismyjob, not yours.”
“But this room is way better. There’s natural light, and a TV?—”
“I’m not paying for it.”
“No, because I didn’t ask you to.I’mpaying for it, and that’s the end of the discussion.”
“I don’t want your money!” I glance at Annabelle, clenching my jaw. “We’ll be right back,” I say, grabbing his arm and dragging him forcibly out of the room.
Chapter 46
Lucas
