Page 11 of Don't Fall For Her
“After a day or two, you’ll be moved to a regular room. You’re looking at being here for at least a week or two.”
“What? No…I only have two weeks. Can’t spend it here.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m afraid your leave will be spent here.”
I’m pretty sure I’m pouting like a child. But this is not what I had in mind when I got on that stupid plane.
“Where am I? I mean what city? I remember when the Captain said that he had to make an emergency landing. But I don’t know where we landed. What about the other passengers?”
“You’re in Duluth, Minnesota. The passengers were taken to different hospitals. Some are here, most of them are doing fine. Some were lucky and only had minor injuries. You and Tristan were some of the worst ones. Now, you get as much rest as you can. And no parties.” Doctor Kim winks at me.
Oh, now he’s got jokes.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Levi
It’s been two days and I’m finally in a regular room. Tristan’s my roommate. When I was in the ICU, Felicity kissed me and my heart rate spiked. The nurses came running in because they thought I was going into cardiac arrest. When they found out it was from a kiss, they told us we weren’t allowed to kiss until I was out of the ICU. So of course we spent as much time kissing as we could. Well, when we could get a few minutes of alone time.
Felicity’s brothers all went back to Wintervale. They told us that Felicity should stay with me as long as I needed her. So I told them I needed her forever. They weren’t as amused with my answer as I was.
“We’re trying to see if we can get you guys moved to Lucciola Memorial,” Leighton says to me. “Giovanna is on her way to come and talk to the doctors for both of you.”
Giovanna Mancini had taken some time off from finishing med school. But in the last year, she’s gone back. I don’tknow how she does it, she has babies and a husband who’s a professional hockey player. Declan O’Reilly is the assistant captain for the Chicago Redhawks.
Lucciola Memorial is a Level I trauma center, in Lake Renegade. I know that they have everything I need to get better. I’m hoping they approve the transfer, it’ll be so much better being in Lake Renegade with our family.
“Will you come back to Lake Renegade with me?” I ask Felicity.
“Yes. I need to go back to Wintervale to get some clothes and things I’ll need. Emma, Emiko and Piper packed for me. But because we didn’t know how long we’d be here, they didn’t know what to pack. So I need more clothes.” She laughs.
“We can get you new things in Lake Renegade,” I say to her.
“I promise I won’t be long. Just long enough to hug my brothers and get my stuff. And I won’t leave until we know you’re on your way home.”
I pout as she giggles.
“I love having you here with me. I think we have a few things to talk about, though.”
“Are we okay?” She frowns at me. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Baby, no. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. I love you and there’s nothing you could do to change that.”
“Can we talk now? I don’t want to wait.”
I chuckle and pat the bed next to me. “Yes.”
“I don’t want to hurt you,” she says, making faces at the spot I’m patting.
“You won’t hurt me. I want you to be right here when we talk.”
“There’s a chair I can sit on…”
I sigh and pat the bed again. She slowly gets on the bed with me, and as she does, my heart rate jumps up again.
“Stop making out,” a voice comes through the intercom.
Tristan laughs from his bed.
