I go and grab a nurse to help with getting her discharged. It’s a different nurse than Nancy, which is probably a good thing cause even though Olivia said she wasn’t jealous, it was enough of a thing to her for her to say something.
I’m waiting outside her room as I wait for her to finish getting taken care of when a text buzzes in my pocket.
Sending Sadie into the hospital lobby with some clothes.
Thanks, man.
I head down to the lobby and see Sadie standing by the lobby doors with a paper bag. She gives me a little wave when she sees me.
“Hey, Sadie,” I say, giving her a little side hug.
“Hey, I brought some clothes, just a pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt, nothing too fancy.”
“Awesome, thanks,” I say. “I should probably get back upstairs.”
“Oh yeah, go for it, I wouldn’t want her to be alone after something like this.”
“You’re a sweetheart,” I say. “See ya!”
I take the elevator and head back up to Olivia’s hospital room. I knock before peeking in to see the nurse taking out her IV.
“Hey, I brought you some clothes to change into,” I say.
Her eyes go wide with surprise. “Clothes?”
“Yeah, I called in a favor and my friend’s mate got something together for you,” I say, setting the bag down at the foot of her hospital bed. “I’ll be right outside when you’re done.”
CHAPTER 5
OLIVIA
Islide off the hospital bed slowly, now free from all the equipment from before. I catalog all my aches and pains. My head is still definitely pounding, but it’s probably my ribs that hurt the most. They hurt whenever I breathe or move my upper body too much.
Makes sense considering I was, you know, kicked there multiple times.
I peek into the paper bag Jax brought in earlier and see a pair of black yoga pants and a large, soft graphic t-shirt.
There’s also a pair of socks and underwear with the tags still on them, which I’m really grateful for because the hospital gown I’m wearing right now is pretty breezy.
I slide everything on and manage to find my sneakers tucked into the corner of the room.
When I open the door to my room and try to take a single step out, the nurse that helped get all the hospital equipment off of me seems to appear out of thin air with a wheelchair.
“I don’t think that’s necessary,” I tell her. “I can walk.”
“Sorry, miss, this is hospital policy,” she says, giving me a sympathetic smile.
“I get to push you though!” Jax says, popping up behind the nurse with a much too cheery smile. “I just pulled the car up.”
I roll my eyes as I sit down. The nurse follows us to the front lobby as Jax wheels me around.
“Have a good day,” She says with a wave to the two of us.
As he wheels me up to his car, which is a large, black SUV with tinted windows, he peeks his head over me and gives me a smile that looks decidedly ridiculous from this angle.
“So, where’re we headed?”
“You can just drop me off at my apartment and I can take care of myself,” I say.