Contemporary Romance: Passage of Arms - A Military Romance Novel (Romance, Contemporary Romance, Military Romance, Romance Novel Book 1) by Adams Nancy

Author:Adams, Nancy [Adams, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

In Head Over Heels

Dave didn’t need to ask what the problem was. He saw Sarah’s face morph and knew a second later that they’d be leaving. As soon as she ended the phone call, he knew his worst fears were true. She relayed the message as they made their way outside the grand hotel.

“Is Ruth sick? Did she get hurt somehow?” Dave questioned Sarah inside the truck. He turned the key and waited for the coils to heat. It only took a couple of seconds, and then Dave turned the motor and started the engine.

“I told you what they told me, Dave,” Sarah said in an eerily calm voice. She grasped the handles of her purse in her hands. Her knuckles were white.

“Okay well,” Dave took a deep breath and started to drive. “We’ll be there soon enough.”

The drive was silent. About 15 minutes later, they received another call that they were taking Ruth to the emergency room. Not much was needed to correct their path, but Dave noticed that Sarah was struggling to breathe.

When they pulled into the drive-thru ramp of the specified hospital, Dave hopped out the car along with Sarah and took a valet number without thinking twice. He followed Sarah into the building. It was late evening on a Friday night. His gut tightened when he thought of the line.

“Look, that’s her!” Sarah exclaimed. They were taking her into the back. An older woman was with her. Dave stayed right on Sarah’s heels as she weaved through the rows of seating to get to the back.

Sarah ignored the nurses wheeling Ruth into the back, until one touched her arm and pulled her to the side. Dave made it to the side of Ruth’s wheelchair and listened quietly.

“She’s severely dehydrated,” a nurse whispered. “She can’t even keep down four ounces.”

Dave looked to Ruth. She weakly held a barf bag. Her face was pale, nothing like the shinning bulb he had seen earlier in the week. He heard her retching and reached for the bag, pushing it closer to her mouth. He held it there firmly while she heaved. His ears still strained to hear nurse behind him.

“This couldn’t have happened in a day. What was she like yesterday?”

“She said a little sick,” Sarah answered back promptly. “She said she didn’t feel well and skipped dinner. Sometimes that happens, but I didn’t think to make sure she was drinking water. Can’t we just make her drink more?”

Dave caught Ruth’s eye as her hand bumped into his where she struggled to keep the bag around her mouth. She tried to smile weakly, but then was taken with a fit retching. He patted the back of her head, smoothing down her dark hair.

“You’re dry heaving,” he said calmly. “It hurts, but you’ll be okay. You’ll probably get an IV,” he whispered.

“She needs an IV, at least one bag and we’ll check her blood pressure again,” the nurse continued.

“An IV? Are you sure?” Even though she asked the question, Dave knew Sarah would agree to it.

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