Break Me (Corrupted Hearts Book 2) by Tiffany Snow

Author:Tiffany Snow [Snow, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503943681
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-03-14T07:00:00+00:00

12

I heard my granny before I saw her.

“I’m fine, I tell you. You’re wasting your time and money keeping me here, and don’t think I don’t know that it’s a racket. Where’s that male nurse I had earlier? Julio, I think was his name. Send him back around, would you? He had a really nice rear on him, that one does.”

Oh God. Yep, that was my granny. I heard Jackson snort next to me, then try to cover it up with a cough.

Pasting on a smile, I tapped on the open door. “Grandma? You decent?” I stepped around the corner and spied her lying propped up in bed, a mound of pillows supporting her. She glanced over, saw me, and her face broke into a wide grin that lit up her eyes.

“China girl! What in the blazes are you doing here?”

I rushed toward her, hugging her carefully. My chest had been tight but now it relaxed, my relief at seeing Grandma overwhelming me.

“Thank God you’re all right,” I said.

“Of course I am,” she shot back. “It’ll take more than a little ol’ heart attack to knock me out of the game.” Her keen eyes looked past me. “And who have we here? A hot new doctor for me? Why, you shouldn’t have.”

I snuffed a laugh through my tear-clogged throat, blinking my eyes. “This is my . . . boyfriend. Jackson. Jackson, this is Granny.”

He stepped forward, looking ever so dapper in his shirt and jacket. I’d convinced him to relax a bit and leave the tie behind, but he’d refused to meet my grandmother in just shirt sleeves.

“So very pleased to meet you, Cybil,” he said, gently squeezing her frail hand.

“Oh, call me Granny,” she said, her pale cheeks pinking like a young girl’s. “Everyone does.”

“Thank you for the privilege,” Jackson said, bowing slightly over her hand. “I’d be honored.”

If Granny was fifteen, she’d have fluttered her eyelashes. As it was, she looked decidedly pleased with herself.

“Isn’t he a charmer,” she said in an undertone to me. Jackson and I both smiled, giving each other mirrored looks of amusement.

“He certainly is,” I agreed, turning back to her. “Now tell me what happened. They were very vague on the phone.”

“Sweetie, it’s not pretty.” She glanced at Jackson. “And I’m not sure it’s appropriate for mixed company.”

“Don’t be silly,” I said. “Jackson is very pragmatic and sophisticated about the world. I’m sure nothing you say can shock him.”

Granny gave a heavy sigh. “I suppose you’re right. And after all, at my age, what’s the point of being embarrassed?”

That should have given me pause, but she launched into her story.

“You know I’ve been seeing Larry since Viagra Wednesday three weeks ago,” she began. I nodded, almost able to feel Jackson’s question in the air, unspoken. Viagra Wednesday? “Well, we saw each other a few more times, and then last night, we had dinner, and then we . . .” She trailed off, giving me a meaningful look, eyebrows raised.

Ah. “Got it,” I said. “So what happened? Did it not .

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