Page 73 of Finding Mercy

“No. Not at all. But Liam normally responds to me, and he hasn’t.”

“Go,” she says.

I nod, “I won’t be long. I just want to make sure he’s okay.”

Twenty-Six

LIAM

It’s been a long day,and I’m exhausted. I want nothing more than to go home and be with Mercy. But I can’t. I must first see how this little boy does on the new medication. If he responds well, then I can leave. I let the nurses know I’m going to the on-call room for a little while and to call me if anything changes.

I walk in, take my shoes and shirt off, and climb into bed to get a little sleep.

I’m dead to the world when something hits me in the head.

Sitting up instantly, I see Mercy in the doorway with tears running down her face. Then I look to my right. What the fuck? Nurse Stephanie is naked beside me.

Mercy shakes her head as she turns to walk away.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

I grab my shirt and shoes and put them on to go after Mercy. I look at Stephanie and tell her, “I’ll be talking to your Unit Manager, you’re done here.”

When I walk into the hall, Mercy is gone. I walk out to the parking lot, and she’s not there. She had already left. I can’t leave my patient. This is a fucking nightmare, my worst nightmare.

I fetch my phone out of my pocket, and I missed a text from her which I know just makes it look worse.

I called her, but it went to voicemail which I pretty much expected.

I send her a text.

Me: I did nothing with her. I don’t know why she was in my bed. I was sleeping and not naked. Please talk to me. I can’t leave right now.

I walk back into the hospital and check on my patient again. My hands are tied. As much as I want to go home to fix this, I can’t. I’m stuck here until I don’t even know when.

Approximately forty minutes later, I get a text, but it’s not the one I’ve been hoping for.

Elle: You fucking idiot. How could you?

Me: I didn’t. I don’t know why she was in my bed.

Elle: You’ll need to come up with something much better than that. Liam, she loves you so much. Why?

Me: I’m telling the truth, Elle. Is she at the house?

Elle: Yeah, she is because Ivy is here otherwise, she’d already be gone. Can you blame her?

I call Mercy again, but it goes straight to voicemail.

Me: I need to talk to her.

Elle: She’s too busy sobbing to take your call. She shut her phone off.

Me: I would never cheat on her.

My heart breaks at the thought of her crying because she thinks I cheated on her. She’s everything to me. Why the hell would I want another woman? FUCK!

I search for Stephanie’s Unit Manager and catch him just as he’s getting ready to leave.

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