Page 104 of Hooked
She shook her head. “Dude.Go after her.”
“Right.” Cary ran out of the room, chasing Melissa.
Tayla walked over and sat next to Ashley and Dave. “So, this is a weird way to meet.”
“Are you Tayla?” Ashley asked.
“Yeah.”
“Jeremy talks about you a lot.”
“He does?”
“He’s a hell of a guy,” Dave said. “Tough as nails. He’ll be fine.”
“Yeah.” Tayla took a deep breath and settled in to wait. “He’ll be fine.”
Jeremy felther skin against his. She was so soft. What did she use on her skin? Was it lotion? Was it oil? Some kind of special soap?
“He’s waking up.”
“Mmmup.”
“What?”
“Jeremy?” His mom’s voice was brusque. “How are you feeling? Tell me your pain level from one to ten.”
“It would be so useful to have a mom who was a doctor.”
It wasn’t useful. It was horrible. His mom was the most unsympathetic mom ever and he could never fake being sick.
“Jeremy, pain scale.”
“Fnnn.”
“What was that?”
“Did he say he was fine?”
She was holding his hand. That was nice. God, she smelled so good. Was it the lotion again? Why did she always smell so good?
“If I’d been here before they started, I could have told them to go light on the anesthesia. He’s very sensitive.” The sound of paper flipping. “It’ll take him a bit longer to come out of it, that’s all.”
His dad’s voice. “The surgeon said they used two pins?”
“Yes. Not bad considering the break.”
“And a lot of stitches. It was so many stitches.”
“That’s an average amount for an injury like his.”
“Really?”
“Mmmmm.”
In his somewhat conscious mind, Jeremy realized he was hearing his parents’ voices and Tayla’s. Which meant that his parents had met Tayla when he was unconscious.
Not ideal.
