Exchange by Katherine Rhodes

Author:Katherine Rhodes [Rhodes, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00

Paige stood next to me with the clipboard, and Wren walked back into the room from the observation room she had set the two kids up in.

“They’re going to be okay,” she said. “We’re going to start some simple play therapy and it’s going to take a few months to get them to relax and start trusting other people. They like you, Lincoln. They seem okay with me, as well. Paige, you scared them, so…just hang back.”

“We need to get them homes when they are out of the hospital.”

“They’ll stay with me,” I said.

“Lincoln—” Paige started.

“No. They’re going to stay with me. They trust me and I promised no one would hurt them. I can better keep that promise if we aren’t shuttling them off to people they don’t know.”

“You’re not set up in the system—”

“Then set me up,” I snapped. “You really think I’m going to let these two just disappear into the system that has lost Benjamin already?”

Paige paled, and I felt a pang of regret for just a moment. But she knew Ben wasn’t lost because of her, but because of the insanity of a man who was now dead. She nodded a moment later and started writing something on the clipboard.

She stopped.

“No. You know what? I’m not going to put them in the system at all.”

Both Wren and I looked at her, shocked. She nodded to herself firmly. “No. I’m not. Give me a day. I have a different idea. I don’t think we need to put them in the system. I think you can just care for them without the formalities, and we’ll deal with that later.”

Tucking the clipboard under her arm, she spun on her heel and walked out of the room.”

I looked at Wren. “What the fuck just happened?”

“I…I have no idea.”

I blinked a few times and looked back at the two little kids I was now in charge of. “Can I take them home?”

“No,” she said. “Not yet. They need to stay for observation. Tabitha has an upper respiratory infection and Timothy has a rash on his legs we want to get cleaned up.”

Laying my hand on her arm, I turned her to look at me. “Whatever happens, make sure they stay together. If the policy is one bed, one patient, make sure they are in the same room. I’m telling you, they totally have that twin thing going and they need each other. They draw strength from each other.”

“I will leave a directive in the psych notes.” She nodded. “I would also like a chance to talk to you, Lincoln. This has affected you, and I’m not sure you realize how much just yet. It’s important to work through this…”

“There’s the shrink.” I smirked.

“I’m quite serious.”

“Yes, Doctor, I know you are. Give me a day. I’ll call and set up a time we can talk. You might want to bring Haden because I can’t tell you if I’m going to be able to walk through all that shit twice.”

Nodding, she tucked her papers away.

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