Broken Like Glass by Livingston Bree

Author:Livingston, Bree [Livingston, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Bree Livingston Publishing
Published: 2020-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

I know when I wake up that I’m not out in the woods or in my cabin because whatever I’m lying on is soft, clean, and smells like lilacs. I’m warm too, which is why I know I’m most definitely not in the woods. I see Uriah’s face looking down at me and realize I’m at his house.

Then I gather my wits, and things seem a little clearer. My throat hurts, and when I breathe, it feels like fire racing down into my lungs. I move, and it gets Uriah’s attention. He’s gathering me in his arms, holding me so tight I wonder if he’s trying to suffocate me.

I pat him on the back and say, “It’s okay. I’m okay.” It comes out like a hoarse frog croak.

“Oh, my Lilly,” he says. “Do you have any idea how worried I was?” It comes out as broken sobs as his lips move against my ear.

“I’m sorry,” I whisper, not because I want to, but because it’s the best I can manage.

He keeps me in his bear hug, like he’s afraid that if he lets go, I’ll disappear. “You were gone two days. It took me and Bo and several others in the town to find you. Bo’s already talked to Judge Kringle.”

“How much trouble am I in?” It hadn’t dawned on me until right then that taking off and getting lost could get me in even more trouble. Something else hits me then too. Uriah came for me, and I bask in that knowledge. He cared enough to look.

A few seconds pass before he speaks, but I feel him swallow hard. “You’re not. Chrissy stood up for you. That was before we realized you were lost. Once we figured it out, Judge Kringle was a real softy.”

“How did you know I was lost?”

“I had a feeling. I just knew you wouldn’t run like that. I knew you were troubled when you left Kettlefish. I came by the cabin later that day, and you were nowhere to be found.”

“But how did you know where to look?”

He lets me go, resting me back on the bed, and palms the side of my face. The way he’s looking at me, all worried and sweetness, like he can’t believe I’m there, makes me feel gooey. “I came back to the cabin the next day, and you were still gone. As I was driving back to town, I saw the little path off to the side. I got out and followed it until I got to the stream. I just knew you’d jumped in the stream. I went back to town, got Bo, told Fancy, and people came out to help. Fancy’s the one who found you.”

“What day is it, and where am I?”

“It’s Saturday night, and you’re at my house. Even as torn up as you were, you were fighting when they started talking about taking you to the hospital. So I offered to let you stay here. Doc Stevens came here. He said your ankle is going to be okay.

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