Between Us: Reid and Lola Book 3 by Christine Bell

Author:Christine Bell [Bell, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Frog Prints Publishing
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Reid

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The next couple days flew by in a haze as I went from Lo’s, to the gym to support Bash, and then to the hospital, only to repeat the process all over again.

I was working on about three hours of sleep a night, because even though I was in bed next to Lo—and sometimes Peaches—every night by midnight, I found myself tossing and turning long after her breathing went slow and heavy. It was like my mind wouldn’t stop whirring.

Nerves for Bash about the fight were taking center stage, for the most part. As excited as I was for my brother, and as confident as I was in his skills, I couldn’t stop imagining the worst-case scenario. Almost like the harder I tried not to think it, the more it kept coming up.

What if he lost? After all he’d conquered to get here? Could he brush himself off and get back up again, or would this be point break?

As soon as I put those thoughts to bed, Sherri would pop into my head. Spending even the half hour a day with her that I was had brought all sorts of shit to the surface. Feelings of pity and sorrow that I wasn’t ready for were already weaving their way in. I hadn’t spoken to the doctor about her condition, but there was no denying she wasn’t looking well.

Between those two things, and still trying to hide my stress from Bash, I was starting to come apart at the seams. Luckily, the fight was tomorrow, and it couldn’t come soon enough. Once that was over, I’d only have to worry about Sherri.

And Lo.

My one good thing. Not that she’d needed worrying about lately. She was a sliver of sunshine on my cloudiest of days. She’d been a frigging rock so far, and if I wasn’t mad crazy about her before, this would’ve sealed the deal.

I punched out a quick text telling her so before I stepped onto the hospital elevator and then thumbed through my messages. One from Matty caught my attention right out of the gate.

Call me when you get a chance.

We’d spent time together at the gym, but not alone since the day of our scuffle and we’d barely spoken. So why the sudden text? More advice about Sherri or was it something else? Whatever it was, the fact that he hadn’t just spelled it out on the phone felt ominous.

Either way, it would have to wait, because I got no reception on the fifth floor. I stuffed the phone back into my pocket just as the hospital elevator came to a halt.

People like that don’t change.

I pushed Matty’s words out of my mind as I headed down the long, sterile hallway, but I couldn’t get rid of the oily feeling in my stomach that seemed to come along whenever I recalled them.

Despite what Matty seemed to think, this wasn’t easy for me. I wasn’t filled to the brim with flowery feelings and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates for the woman.

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