Don't You Forget About Me by Jenkins Suzanne

Author:Jenkins, Suzanne [Jenkins, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781466219007
Amazon: B0070XA4HO
Barnesnoble: B0070XA4HO
Goodreads: 12919098
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2011-12-29T07:00:00+00:00

24

Jack, you did this to me. Now I have to tell our children that I have AIDS. Then she thought of Sandra and Marie. If I have it, they must have it, too. Or would they be spared? Marie was screwing him almost as long as I was, she thought. Pam thought of Sandra’s baby. Oh God, please spare that little innocent life. A chill went through her body. She rarely allowed the visions to encroach her thoughts but allowed them in now. First, the sexual embrace between Jack and Sandra, he in his favorite missionary position with Sandra’s long legs wrapped around his waist. And next a baby, a boy baby, perhaps. One that looked like Jack. As she imagined this baby being cradled in Sandra’s arms, she saw the vivid physique of Jack, so tall and handsome, posed behind her to the left, gazing down upon the Madonna-esque figures.

She looked up at the ceiling. Jack, you’re an asshole.

The ICU nurse had to threaten Marie with security if she didn’t leave. Dr. Kempa had made it clear that Pam wasn’t to have any more visitors; she needed to be allowed to sleep. They had already broken the rules allowing Marie and Andy to stay because he had flashed his badge. Now the nurse felt terrible about it; her patient’s dignity had been violated. It wouldn’t happen again on her watch.

She softly tapped on Pam’s door and then opened it so she could see it wasn’t her visitors.

“Can I come in?” she asked. “You’ve had a rough night.” She said it as a statement. “What can I do for you?”

Pam was lying back on the pillow, looking up at the ceiling. “I never, ever thought my life would turn out the way it has.” She turned her head to look at the young woman. “Why would someone as beautiful as you are choose to be a nurse? I would think you would want to be something that was more glamorous—or at least cleaner.”

The nurse laughed out loud. She sat in the chair Dr. Kempa had vacated. “I always wanted to be a nurse. I saw nurses taking care of my sister when she was very ill. I loved that they had some control over her destiny. They advocated for her. They did what they could to take away her pain. They fought to maintain her dignity. I wanted to do that, too.”

“Are you able to do all those things?” Pam asked.

“No,” the nurse answered without pause. “I found out quickly that I have little control over anything anyone else does. I can only practice within parameters set by the patient’s doctor. But the things I can do—try to make you comfortable, be your advocate, keep your dignity, protect you—I do with a vengeance. By the way, I owe you an apology for allowing that gentleman in here tonight. We have a strict rule about family members only. It won’t happen again, I promise you.”

“That’s okay. He meant well. I don’t like people seeing me looking a mess.

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