Cynda and the City Doctor: 50 Loving States, Missouri (QUARANTALES Book 1) by Theodora Taylor

Author:Theodora Taylor [Taylor, Theodora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rom Tell That
Published: 2020-08-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

A break-up text. The subject of much lore and countless Medium articles.

Not the nicest thing to do, I’ll admit. But my father was gone and the twins needed me. Under the circumstances, ghosting out had been all I could manage.

However, against all odds Rhys had ended up here in Guadalajara. Sleeping separate from me in the back house, just like my churchgoing father had wanted. He was also helping me make the twins’ dreams come true via his rent check.

And now he’s in the back seat of my Honda, holding Mavis up to keep the fluid in her chest at the bottom of her lungs and her airway as free as possible while she struggled to breathe.

We screech to a stop in front of the hospital less than forty-five minutes, door-to-door. Record time. But was it good enough? Mavis lost consciousness again on the drive over. And though she still had a pulse, it was extremely weak.

I stand by helplessly as a team of orderlies dressed in face shields and full protective gear pull Mavis on to a gurney. Rhys gives the admitting nurse further instructions, but it sounds like they’ve got oxygen waiting in a sealed off room. Also, the hospital’s one ventilator is on standby. Thank goodness.

But then that’s it. We can’t go any further on Mavis’s journey. We’ve been too exposed to safely enter the hospital with her.

There’s nothing left to do but leave and wait to see if she makes it.

I drive us home in a daze. The memory of waiting for news of my father sits heavy in my head as I park in back and get out of the car.

“Cynda, you okay?”

I look up to see A and E, the twins I vowed to love and raise in my father’s absence, standing on the porch. They both look worried.

“I’m fine,” I assure them, putting more strength into my voice than I actually feel.

Rhys chimes in, “Unfortunately, we’ve been exposed to a patient presenting with signs of COVID. We’ll both need to quarantine for a few days. More if the patient’s test comes back positive.”

He’s right, I realize. But…where will I stay if I can’t be in the house with the twins?

A answers my unspoken question for me. “So she’s staying with you until you know whether you got the Rona or not?”

“Yes, she is,” Rhys answers. His voice is flat and terse. “But she’ll be available to you as always. By mobile or text. We both will. E, you should have my number as well…”

E shoots me a significant look before pulling out her phone. I can almost hear her silently screaming, “OMG, Cyn, did you really score a quaranboo, just like I said?”

I totally didn’t. But it probably looks that way when Rhys takes me by the elbow and leads me to his door.

I haven’t been in the back house since I spruced it up in hopes of securing a tenant.

It looks much the same. One huge room, featuring a steel bed, a small kitchen, and a slightly larger living area.

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