“Sprained my ankle.” Which he’d told her earlier, but she’d clearly forgotten. Not surprising given she had a concussion. To the doctor he said, “I can watch her, Doc.”
“Not if you’re taking pain pills.”
“I’m not. It’s just a sprain. I can take care of her.”
“That’s ridiculous, Connor. You’re bound to be in pain.”
“I’m okay.”
“I swear you’re doing this on purpose. Damn it, now I have no choice. I’ll stay here tonight.”
They argued a bit more but Sierra wouldn’t budge. She was worried about him. Crazy, since she had the worst of it by far. Shortly after that a room was found for Sierra and she was admitted. His ankle was throbbing, but he knew once he got off of it and iced it, it would be a lot better. And it was his left ankle so he could drive with no problem. “You scared the hell out of me,” he told Sierra.
“I’m fine. It’s a mild concussion.”
“You were out for two and a half minutes. Those were the longest minutes of my life.”
Her expression softened and she grasped his hand and squeezed it. “I’m sorry I scared you. And I’m glad you’re not hurt worse than you are. Have you heard anything about Bart?”
He nodded. “Good news is, he only broke one ankle. The other one is sprained. A bad one but still, no break. One arm is broken. I’m not sure what else is wrong, but they haven’t found any internal injuries. He’s going to be okay.”
“Thank God. It’s a good thing the ski patrol showed up when they did.”
“Yeah, we’re lucky we landed on the ski mountain.” A thickly wooded part of the mountain, but the ski patrol had answered their call quickly, even if it did take what seemed like forever to get things sorted out. “If not for them we’d have been stuck there much longer. So many of the EMS people were tied up with the pileup.” The ski patrol had gotten Connor and Sierra out of the chopper and down the mountain quickly, and then put them on another chopper to be ferried to the appropriate hospital. It had taken much longer to get Bart out and stabilized but Connor felt better once he heard Bart was on his way to a closer hospital by ground ambulance.
Logan showed up not long after Connor had talked to Cici, while he was waiting in Sierra’s room. “Damn, Connor, your helicopter landed in a tree?”
“Pretty much.”
“What happened? Why did you crash?”
“A drone hit us.”
“Shit. A drone? That shouldn’t have happened. Are they going to investigate?”
“I’m sure someone will. Maybe the FAA. Don’t you have patients?”
“Yes, but I’m taking a break to see how you and Sierra are doing.”
“Sierra’s staying overnight. She has a mild concussion.” He glanced at her, but her eyes were closed. She’d gone silent after greeting Logan. He leaned over and kissed her. “I’ll be back to get you in the morning.” He would let the nurses know when he left so they could continue to check on her.
He and Logan stepped out of the room. “How are you going to come get her when your car is here? Besides, you can’t drive if you’re on painkillers.”
“Damn, does everyone think I’m an idiot? I’m not on painkillers. I have a few cuts and bruises and a sprained ankle. I’ll be fine.”
“Cici could bring her home.”
“No need for that. I’ll be fine, Logan. Nothing broken. Hell, I’ve had much worse from the rodeo.”
“You’ve never gone down in a chopper before. There was no word other than that your helicopter had gone down until we were able to talk to the ski patrol. We didn’t know if you were injured or—Shit, never mind.”
Connor realized Logan had been really worried. He should have thought of that but he’d been so focused on Sierra, he hadn’t. He put a hand on his brother’s shoulder and squeezed. “Thanks for worrying, but I’m fine. Do Liam, Val, and Mom know?”
“Yes. I waited until you were on your way here to tell them. Like I said, we weren’t sure how any of you were, although the pilot who flew you here told us you were both stable and not critical. By the way, don’t be surprised if Mom shows up at your apartment. She made me promise to call when you got out of the hospital.”
“Hell. Couldn’t you have stopped her?”
“Are you kidding? You’re her baby boy. You’re just lucky she’s not already here at the hospital. You owe me. I convinced her to wait until you got home.”
