Ellie's Wounded Heroes [Wounded Warriors 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Marla Monroe

Author:Marla Monroe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2014-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Ellie drove Rex to his house at close to two the next morning. They’d stayed until the nurse had finally thrown them out. She’d told them to go home and rest. Clark wouldn’t be awake for at least another ten or twelve hours. They would keep him sedated until they were comfortable with taking the breathing tube out.

Neither of them said anything on the ride back to Rex’s house. The tension in the air and arcing between them was palpable. Ellie was sure if she tried hard enough she’d be able to see it vibrating in the air around them.

Once they were inside his garage, Ellie just sat there for a few minutes clutching the steering wheel with both hands. She still needed to call and talk to her brother, but that could wait until a more decent hour. She would need to call in to work as well. She wasn’t leaving Rex alone in the state he was in, and she didn’t exactly look her best either.

“Thanks for bringing me home. I hate to ask, but could you grab my crutches in the house and bring them to me?” Rex sounded so lost. She wasn’t about to leave him alone.

“I’ll be right back.” Ellie climbed down from the truck and, using Rex’s keys, unlocked the door to grab his crutches from the living room.

When she walked back into the garage, Rex had already opened the door and was holding his prosthesis in one hand and was sitting on the edge of the seat waiting on her. She handed him the crutches and watched as he secured the prosthetic leg to them before getting out of the truck.

“You can take my truck home with you, Ellie. It was really nice of the police to bring my vehicle to the hospital and take care of your car for you. I’ll make arrangements to get mine back in a day or two.” He started toward the house without another glance in her direction.

As much as that hurt, Ellie refused to let it stop her from doing what she’d already planned to do. She slammed the passenger door of the truck and maneuvered herself around Rex before he made it to the door leading into his house. When she stepped into the mudroom ahead of him, Ellie expected him to say something, but he didn’t. Instead, he continued through to the kitchen, leaving her to deal with the door. She closed it and followed him to his office where he plopped down into a chair and let the crutches drop next to him.

She stood in the doorway and watched as he pulled open the bottom drawer in one of the two wooden file cabinets to reveal a mini bar. She didn’t blame him. A stiff drink sounded like a good idea to her right then, too, but she wasn’t going to let him wallow in a liquored up stupor either.

“I could use a drink, too,” she said walking all the way into the room that was obviously his office.

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