Delay of Game by Catherine Gayle

Author:Catherine Gayle [Gayle, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Night Shift Publishing
Published: 2014-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

I’D NEVER FELT claustrophobic before, but this fucking MRI machine was quickly changing that. There was hardly room to breathe in here, as it was, and it felt like the thing kept closing in on me, and I just wanted the fuck out of there.

“How much longer?” I asked, trying hard not to move so I wouldn’t screw anything up.

“One more minute, Sara,” a disembodied female voice said into the chamber. “Hold really still for me. Just keep breathing.”

Breathe. Right. I could do that, if not for the fact that every time I filled my lungs, I felt a sharp, stabby pain in my side. Shallower breaths worked better; they didn’t make me want to twist and writhe and scream.

I couldn’t remember anything up until just before they put me in this machine. I had been on a hospital gurney, and they’d been wheeling me through some hall or another, and I’d asked what had happened.

“You were in a car wreck,” they’d told me. “We’re taking you for an MRI so we can see what’s going on inside you and check on your baby. We’ll get you back to your boyfriend as soon as we’re done, and he can help to explain everything.”

I hadn’t been able to make sense of that at first, but then I vaguely remembered Cam holding my hand and telling me he wasn’t going anywhere. That he would take care of me. Had we been at the hospital then? I couldn’t make it all out in my head. Was he in the car wreck with me? Was he okay? My head was throbbing, and not just because of trying to figure out what was going on. Was this what a concussion felt like?

“All right,” the woman said into the intercom. “All done. We’re going to get you out of there now, so just sit tight.”

All I could do was sit tight, so her instruction seemed kind of redundant. Telling her that right now wouldn’t exactly be helpful, though, so I kept it to myself.

A few minutes later, they wheeled my bed into a hospital room, and Cam was there waiting for me. He looked like he was worrying himself sick, but at least he didn’t seem to be hurt.

The nurse parked my bed and adjusted the wheel locks, then reconnected an IV bag to the port they’d put in my arm. “The doctor’s going to look at the results, and then he’ll be in to talk to you. In the meanwhile, he’s sent for someone to come stitch you up.”

I nodded that I understood, but the motion made my head hurt worse. I groaned.

“Can she have anything for pain?” Cam asked. He’d been standing off to the side while the nurse got me situated, but now he moved back over to sit beside me. He reached for my hand, and I let him take it. It felt warm and secure and right. I immediately felt calmer.

“I’ll ask the doctor and see. I don’t know what they’ll say because she’s pregnant.

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