Page 90 of Mine Forever
I swallow back bile when he mentionsinternal injuries.
Dear God, please don’t let there be anything we can’t see. If I lose her, I won’t survive.
“Are you coming, Chase?”
Jack’s in the back of the ambulance, having already loaded Eden up, waiting for me expectantly.
“Yeah, I’m coming.”
I climb up into the back and Jack shuts the doors behind me. Within minutes we’re pulling into the small hospital on the island.
Fortunately, it’s a quiet night with only one other person waiting in the emergency room, so Eden is taken right in.
They let me sit with her in the triage room, where she’s awake but still hasn’t said anything.
It’s unnerving for her to be so quiet.
The nurse comes in and takes her vitals, then gives her an IV before asking for details on what brought her in. I fill in the gaps where Eden misses details.
When we’re left alone, she leans her head back on the bed and turns toward me. A goofy smile plays on her lips. “Hey.”
I smile at her. “Hey. How’s the head?”
She rubs at her forehead, wincing slightly. “It hurts. But it’s better than it was before. I must have been dehydrated. I’m feeling better since they put in the IV.”
I chuckle. “Well, there’s also some painkiller in that IV.”
“Oh.” Her eyes widen comically. “That’s why I feel so good.”
She squints an eye. “You know what? You’re really handsome. Like, really handsome.”
I bite back a laugh. “Thank you. You’re really pretty.”
“Thank you,” she says, preening.
She leans to the side, precariously close to the edge of the bed.
I brace to catch her in case she falls forward. “You know what else?” she stage-whispers.
“What?”
“I really like having sex with you. Can we do it again?”
High Eden is hilarious.
Before I can answer, there’s a knock on the door, and an older gentleman in scrubs and a lab coat walks in.
“Hey, look, it’s the doctor!” she exclaims and claps her hands before leaning back on her pillow.
The doctor chuckles and introduces himself, then proceeds to ask several questions while examining her cuts, bumps, and bruises.
“I’m ordering a head CT to check the concussion, but it appears to be a light one. The nurse will be in shortly to take you for the scan. How’s your pain right now? One being no pain, ten being the worst pain.”
Eden wrinkles her nose. “I would say something like a four. Maybe. I don’t know. I’m not really feeling any pain, but my handsome boyfriend here said they gave me some painkillers.”
Boyfriend?
Warmth courses through my body, hearing her words. I know I already think of her as mine even when she isn’t around, and to hear her say the same elates me.
