Page 83 of Mafia Kings & Wedding Rings 2: The Finale
“Cam, let’s go.” I grabbed my girl’s hand and pulled her toward the elevators.
The thirty minutes or so it took for the doctors to examine Tavi seemed like an eternity. Cambrie sat in one of the waiting chairs, anxiously tapping her feet while I paced and nearly wore a hole in the floor. By the time Dr. York emerged through a set of double doors, I couldn’t quite read the expression on her face. She tapped at the tablet in her hand and sighed when she paused in front of me.
“How is she?”
“She suffered a concussion, and she broke her leg, along with two of her ribs. The good news is that there is no internal bleeding, but she is still out. We do have to set her up with ortho so that they can take care of that leg and get it set in a cast, but we want to wait until she wakes up to do so. We’ll move her to aroom for now to admit her and schedule the surgery for after she wakes up. She’ll be here for a few days though.”
“Can we see her?” I asked, rubbing my hands together as Cambrie appeared at my side.
“Once she’s settled in her room, you can sit with her. I have a few other patients to check on, but the nurses have instructions to page me the minute she wakes up.”
“Thank you.” I nodded as she turned to go and faced Cambrie, who also seemed relieved.
“She’s going to be OK.” I pulled her into a hug, and she held on to me tight.
“I told you. She’s strong.” Cambrie nudged away, and this tight frown flickered over her pretty face.
“What’s wrong?”
“You should call Nadia and let her know what’s going on,” she encouraged.
In all the chaos, I had completely forgotten about her. Cam was right though. As her mother, she deserved to know. Going into my pocket for my cell, I dialed her number, and she picked up after a couple of rings, sounding groggy.
“Hello.”
“Nadi, it’s me.”
“Staten?” she grumbled. “What’s going on?”
“There was an accident. Tavi’s in the hospital.”
“What!” she shrieked, and I could practically see her shooting up like a rocket wherever she was. “Is she OK? What happened?”
“I don’t know everything. She snuck off during Marcella’s party at the house. We think she might have tried to take one of the horses and got thrown off.”
“Oh my God!”
“The doctor just came out and said she’s going to be OK, but she has a concussion, a broken leg, and a couple of broken ribstoo. She’ll need surgery on the leg, but they want her to wake up first.”
“She hasn’t woken up?”
“Nah. They’re moving her to a room now though, and we’re going to sit with her until she does.”
“We?”
“Don’t start that shit, aight. Yes, we. Cambrie is here with me. She’s the one who found her.”
“I can’t believe this!” Nadia hissed. “I’m booking a red eye. I’ll be there ASAP.” She hung up without another word, and all I could do was shake my head.
I knew one damn thing, she bet not come here on no bullshit. I had no problem allowing Cam to beat the brakes off her this time. Once Tavi got settled in her room, Cam offered to go grab us some coffee and snacks while I went to hold vigil at my daughter’s side. They’d cleaned up the bruise on her forehead, and her leg was wrapped tight in some bandaging along with her middle section, but she was still out like a light with her monitors beeping steadily.
“Come on, baby girl, wake up for me,” I pleaded, grabbing her hand and resting my forehead against it while saying a silent prayer.
I sat there so long I ended up dozing off. I hadn’t heard Cambrie come in, but the soft voices caused me to stir. Instead of opening my eyes right away I decided to just listen.
“You scared us to death.”
“Yeah right,” Tavi grumbled.
