Page 32 of Savage SEAL's Virgin
“I’ll bring you an e-reader in the morning, and you can order all the books you want. I’ll set up an account on it. Maybe if you tell your doctors you need me, they’ll decide to allow me in. But it won’t be for long periods of time. Five minutes in the morning and five in the evening.”
“That’s it?” She looked sad, and I hated to see that look on her face.
“It’s okay. It won’t last long. And when you get out of here, I’m taking you home to Napa Valley. My family is dying to meet you and my mother has told me she will be taking care of you until you’re healthy again.”
“How does your family know about me?”
“There’s a ton to tell you, baby.”
The nurse came back with the morphine, and I decided to use my fake position to get some information. “I came across this young lady’s file earlier today. That’s why I’m here tonight. I heard she was taken off the meds and would be waking up. You guys are aware of her history, right?”
“We have no prior history. What do you have that we don’t?”
“Um, just a thing her boyfriend gave us. Miss Danner here was born addicted to a lot of different drugs and alcohol. I think staying away from all opioids would be the best thing for her. Don’t you?” I looked at Blyss. “You should most likely tell this nurse about your problems when you were born. That way you won’t end up with bigger problems than you already have.”
“I should tell you my little tale, I guess. Then you can decide what pain medication is best for me.” Blyss closed her eyes and looked as if she was worn out.
“I’ll go get a pad of paper. Be right back.” The nurse left us alone, and I felt I had a small window of time to ask her to marry me.
“Blyss, are you tired, baby?”
“Very. My head hurts. I could really use that pain medicine. It feels as if I have cuts all over the back of my body.” She looked at me with wide eyes. “Troy, I remember now. I was going to one of those rooms. You were going to punish me.” Her jaw hung open. “Troy, did you do this to me?”
“God no!” I shouted just as the nurse walked back in.
“Is everything okay in here?” he said as he looked at me.
Blyss looked right at the man. “Everything is fine. I want to be left alone. Can you make him leave, please?”
“Blyss, I didn’t do …”
The nurse looked at me, then pointed at the door. “Don’t make me call the cops.”
I stumbled backward as Blyss closed her eyes. “I have to remember it all. Until then, I don’t want you anywhere near me, Troy.”
“I can tell you …”
“Get out,” the nurse said. “I have no idea how I missed recognizing you, but I have now. Out or I’ll kick your ass myself.”
“Tell her the truth. You know the truth. Tell her it wasn’t me. Please!”
The other two nurses showed up, and I knew I was about to go to jail if I didn’t leave. My heart was aching that she’d think I’d hurt her that way. As I left, I could hear her saying, “He warned me there was a beast inside him. I should’ve listened.”
Blyss
It made perfect sense after Troy nearly ran away. He’d turned into that savage he’d said he could become and he’d hurt me. Hurt me so badly, I’d been in a coma for over a week! My heart rate was up, and the nurses heard it on the machine. “It’s okay. Calm down, sweetie,” one of the female nurses said as she patted me on the shoulder.
“He hurt me. He promised he’d never hurt me and he did this to me!” I was in shock that Troy would actually do such a horrible thing. Then it occurred to me that he shouldn’t be walking the streets. “How come he isn’t in jail?”
“I’m telling her,” the other male nurse said as he crossed his arms.
“The doctors said not to,” the other male nurse cautioned him.
“Well, I don’t care. It’s a crime to let her think the man who loves her would do such a terrible thing.” He put his hands on his hips and looked at me. “Another man did this to you. And he is in jail. I don’t know the entire truth, as the media has told so many versions of the story it’s hard to tell which story is true. All I know is that your man did not do this to you. He had no part in it at all. You were locked away from him for a little while, is what was said. Another man got to you, and he’s the animal who did this to you.”
He was telling me things that had bursts of memory shooting through my aching brain. “He was wearing a mask! It wasn’t Troy! It was another man who said he’d bid on me. I guess he was jealous of Troy. He said things like Troy had ruined me and that he was weak or something like that.” I was happy I finally remembered it all. “Oh, God! Can you get Troy back here for me? Please, I don’t want him thinking I think he hurt me. Please.”
All three of the nurses shook their heads, then the lady said, “We don’t have his cell number. In the morning, we can get it from admission. He’s been taking care of the hospital bills, so they should have it.”
