Page 86 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
"Penny?" Rob said and tapped on the bathroom door. "Penny, are you okay?"
Of course I'm okay. I'm not the one sitting in a hospital bed with three gunshot wounds. Tears stung my eyes again. "I'm fine." Be strong.
I choked as more vomit came up.
"Penny?" Rob banged on the door a little louder. "I'm coming in."
I heard the door open. I looked away as I grabbed some toilet paper to wipe my face off.
Rob kneeled down beside me and lightly touched my shoulder. "I'm going to go get the doctor."
"No, I'm fine."
"You're not fine."
I swallowed down anything else that wanted to come up. "I am." My stomached seemed to churn.Shit.I turned to the toilet and threw up some more.
Rob rubbed my back and helped me stand up when I had finally finished emptying my body of every horrid thing possible. He left me alone as I washed my face. I knew he was going to get a doctor despite what I had said.
When I walked out of the bathroom, James' doctor was already standing there. She was looking at a chart and jotting down something on James' monitor.
"How is he?"
She looked up. "The same." She set her clipboard down on the counter by his bed. "How about you come with me for a second?"
"I'd like to stay with him."
"He's more likely to get sick now without his spleen. Spleens help fight bacteria. Right now he can't be exposed to any viruses. We'll be giving him some vaccines if his condition improves."
If.I looked at Rob. He was sitting beside James again. I wasn't going to risk making James any worse. It killed me, but I followed the doctor out of the room.
"My stomach has been upset the last few days. But otherwise, I'm fine. And I feel better now that I threw up. I think it was the wedding and then...this."
The doctor didn't say anything as she opened a door for me.
I followed her inside.
"Please sit down," she said.
I sat down in the chair she gestured to.
She ran a thermometer across my forehead. "Normal," she said. "Stick out your tongue for me." She poked my tongue with a wooden thing. "Normal," she said. She pulled out a small light from her coat pocket and checked the back of my throat and my ears. "All normal." She frowned for a second. "You said you feel fine now?"
"Yes." I did. After throwing up I felt so much better. I just wanted to be with James.
"Have you been feeling any differently than usual besides for the upset stomach?"
"A little emotional, maybe. But I was just nervous about getting married. This whole week has been a little overwhelming."
She nodded. "Okay, here's what I'm going to do. Let's run a blood test and a urine test really quick. If you come back clean, you'll be allowed to go see him again."
"And if I don't?"
"We'll give you whatever medicine you need to improve your condition and once you're well, you can see him again. It's just a precaution." She was already preparing a needle.
I turned away as she sunk it into my arm. The last thing I needed was to be sick right now. James needed me.
She placed a band aid over the spot she had just taken blood from and handed me a small cup. "Pee in that." She gestured to the bathroom.
