Page 138 of To Love Jason Thorn

Lucy’s phone started to vibrate in herhand, so she held up a finger to me and answered her phone.

“Jameson, where are you?” Her brows drewtogether and she shot up from her seat. “What? Which hospital?”

At her words my body froze.

“Yes. I understand. Thank you.”

Ending the call, she sat back down, thenshakily tried to stand back up.

“Hey, easy there,” I said, helping herup. “Tell me what he said.”

Instead of answering me, she said, “Hewas supposed to be here by now.”

“Lucy,” I snapped my finger in front ofher face a few times. “Focus. What did Jameson say?”

“It wasn’t Jameson. It was a nurse.Jameson was in an accident, he…he is going into surgery in half an hour.”

I waited to hear more, but she juststood there, staring at me helplessly.

“Come on, we are leaving,” I said,pulling her along with me.

We exited the club in a hurry and jumpedinto the first cab we saw sitting at the curb. Thankfully, there were nopaparazzi around to capture our departure.

“Jason,” Lucy said in a tearful voice.“You didn’t tell Jason you were leaving.”

“I know. I don’t have my phone with meso I’ll have to text him from your phone. Let’s just focus on getting toJameson before he goes into surgery, okay? The hospital is close enough, weshould make it there in time.” I gave her hand a squeeze. She hadn’t let go ofit ever since we’d run out of the bathroom.

Her grip tightened on mine and I heardher breath hitch.

“Can we please go a little faster?” Ibegged the cab driver.

Lucy dropped her head on my shoulder.“You were right, the other day. I love him,” she confessed, then more heatedly,added, “And I hate him for making me fall in love with him.”

“Baby,” I said gently, trying not tolaugh. “I’m sure he is already aware of that fact. Even your professors know.”

“I always push him away.” Her voicebroke. “I didn’t even tell him that I hate him. He should know how much I hatehim for making me fall in love with him.”

Maneuvering my arm from under her head,I hugged her to me and held on. “If he doesn’t know—even though I’m pretty surehe does—you’ll tell him before he goes into surgery okay? He’ll be happy tofinally hear the words from your mouth. We’re almost there, sweetheart.”

As soon as the cab dropped us at theemergency entrance, we rushed inside and found a nurse that could help us. Wemade it to his side just before they took him into the operating room, butseeing him unconscious and all banged up didn’t help Lucy calm down at all.Before they could wheel him away from us, I heard Lucy’s heated whisper, sinceyou made me fall in love with you, you better get well soon so I can tortureyou for what you did to me!

His doctor assured us that even thoughhis injuries were serious, they weren’t life threatening. Apparently, hismotorcycle had collided with a speeding car. He had a broken leg and multiplefractures to his shoulder blade and forearm along with various cuts andbruises.

“Tell me he is going to be okay, Olive,”Lucy said once we sat down in the waiting room.

“He is going to be okay, Lucy.You heard his doctor, he is in good hands.” She nodded and kept silent.

“You should call his friends,” I saidafter some time. “I’m sure he’d like to see them once it is okay for him tohave visitors.”

“Here, I forgot.” She handed me herphone. “You should call Jason first. I’m sure he is wondering where the hellyou are. I’ll call Jameson’s friends after that.”

I took the phone. “I’ll be right back.Don’t move from this seat.”

Meeting my eyes for the first time sincewe’d gotten the phone call, she gave me a small smile. “Thank you, Olive.”

I huffed. “For what?”

“For holding me up. For running out ofthere without a second thought.” Her eyes started to water, but she had a smallgrin on her face when she said, “I’m not sure I could’ve left Jason Thorn behindfor you.”

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