Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781933110080
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2005-03-15T05:00:00+00:00

“You’ve been here the whole time?”

Pia nodded.

“Why?”

Pia regarded KT curiously. “Because I wanted to be.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Don’t you?” Pia slowly reached out and brushed the back of her fingers over KT’s cheek. “You need to eat a little bit, and then we should get you into the shower.”

KT grimaced. “You’re right about that. I’m disgusting.”

“How do you feel?”

“Pretty ragged.” KT tried to take the bowl of soup that Pia extended to her but was unable to manage it. Her left hand was useless and her right hand shook so badly she couldn’t even hold the spoon. With a sigh, she dropped her head back against the pillows. “I’m not really hungry.”

“Yes, you are. Besides, you need to get something into your system after everything you’ve tossed out in the last eighteen hours.” Pia spooned up a small amount of soup and brought it to KT’s lips. “Come on.”

Obediently, KT sipped. After a few minutes, she lay back, exhausted. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Pia set the bowl aside. “Think you can make it to the shower?”

“Probably. Yeah.” KT rested her fingers on Pia’s knee. “I don’t want you to stay any longer. I appreciate everything you’ve done. Another twenty-four hours and the worst will be over.”

“It’s going to be a difficult twenty-four hours.” Pia saw no reason to pretend other than the truth. KT knew what was coming, and she knew that Pia knew. Addiction to pain medication was not that uncommon, especially in patients whose physical injuries required prolonged physical therapy and whose pain level was high for extended periods of time. Fortunately, the withdrawal from such drugs was intense, but short-lived. Thirty-six to forty-eight hours was usually the extent of the severe symptoms, and KT was almost halfway through.

KT was about to say she would be okay when her stomach gave a warning rumble.

“Oh, fuck,” KT muttered as she pushed off the bed, swayed unsteadily for a few seconds, and then lurched into the bathroom to lose the small meal she’d just eaten. She held one hand behind her back to ward off Pia’s assistance. “Stay out there. I don’t want you to see this.”

“KT,” Pia protested gently from the bathroom doorway.

“Just give me a few minutes. I’ll be out as soon as I get cleaned up.”

When Pia finally relented and closed the bathroom door, KT pulled off her clothes and dropped them on the floor. She turned on the shower, staggered into the stall, and leaned against the wall, shivering beneath the hot spray. When she’d managed to wash her hair and soap away twenty-four hours of sickness, she stepped out and brushed her teeth. Finally feeling clean, she reached for the robe that usually hung behind the bathroom door and realized that it was somewhere in the bedroom. It was almost impossible to wrap a towel around her body one-handed, but she finally managed to cover the essentials. When she reentered the bedroom, she saw that Pia had changed the sheets on her bed.

“Thanks,” KT said, heading toward the bed.

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