Changing Lanes: A Creekwood Novel (Creekwood Series Book 2) by A. Marie

Author:A. Marie [Marie, A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Creekwood Novel
Publisher: Booktickets By AM
Published: 2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00

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Wiggling. There’s a wiggling in my side. It’s not necessarily unpleasant but I don’t know where it’s coming from and that worries me. I couldn’t feel my limbs and now some part of me is moving without my knowledge.

Something—warm and large—expands under my back causing my stomach to churn and acid burns at the back of my throat even as I swallow repeatedly.

Then, without warning, a groan thunders through my chest as I roll to the side in preparation for the impending purge.

“What the hell?”

My eyes pop open hearing a gruff, male voice behind me, and I spot Beckett’s room in all its glory. Ah, shit. I fell asleep after all.

My groaning amplifies tenfold. This is not good.

Swift movement that shakes the entire mattress has me gripping my stomach.

“Hey, are you okay?” Beckett’s hand gently smooths my hair away from my sticky face. “I’m right here. What do you need?”

“Space,” I murmur, trying to push away from him.

Beckett rumbles with laughter. “Too late, girl. You should’ve thought of that before climbing in my bed.”

“Ugh. I did not climb in your bed.”

“Oh yeah? How’d you get in here then?”

My head dangles precariously off the edge as I consider my next words. Do I tell him the truth? About what Marc revealed last night? What I saw? Would he even want me to know what I do?

“Blame Jack Daniel’s,” I say shortly. “He obviously led me to the wrong room.”

“You got drunk last night? Why didn’t you wake me?”

My eyebrows pull together and I roll my neck, coming face-to-face with Beckett. His gaze roams my face, lingering on my scratched-up forehead before meeting my eyes.

A big, gentle hand cups my cheek as he gazes down at me and his voice drops dangerously low as he says, “I was worried about you.”

“I couldn’t tell.”

I try to roll my eyes but the dark feels so good I leave them closed instead.

Beckett ignores my sarcasm, asking, “What happened? Can you tell me who did this to you?”

Opening them once again, I glare at him. “Why do you assume someone did it to me? Why couldn’t I have done it to myself?”

His eyes study mine.

“Did you?”

Sighing, I roll to my back and bend my knees, placing my feet flat against the mattress. “It’s complicated.”

There are rules about these kinds of things. Laws. You can’t just tell people about your patients. That’s confidential with a capital C.

Honestly though, even if I could talk about it, I wouldn’t. Because then I’d have to admit that maybe I’m the one that put my mom in more danger by moving her than Dennis did in that hallway and I’m not doing that. Not yet. Like I told Rosie, we’re still in the adjustment phase. So we’ll…adjust.

We’ll get there. We have to.

“I’m serious, Paige.”

His warm thumb rubs my temple and I lean into his touch before I realize what I’m doing.

“So am I,” I whisper, drinking in his oceanic eyes.

The moment stretches as does the silence, neither of us willing to break the spell that’s settled over us.

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