From Ice to Flames by Hargrove A.M

Author:Hargrove, A.M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Hudson

If Wiley hadn’t been sick, it would’ve been game on for us. But I needed my son more than sex right now.

“Come on. I’ll buy you a hundred eye patches later. Let’s see how the wild man is.”

We stepped off the elevator and went straight to my place. As we walked in, Carly met us. “It’s about time.”

“I’m sorry. This is the second time I’ve come home. I had a break-in at the clinic. The police came, and it was a mess.”

Her eyes turned into slits as she said, “Yeah, fine.” But it wasn’t, because her foot tapped out a rhythm on the floor that rivaled any hip-hop song I’d ever heard.

“Carly, I …”

“It’s my fault, Carly,” Milly said. “My dog has taken over here and I’m really sorry. How can I make it up to you?”

Milly’s eyes had been in a constant state of red and swollen so it wasn’t hard to see she was upset.

Carly’s attitude softened. “No, it’s okay. Wiley has been asking about your dog. How is he?”

Milly shrugged. “Hanging on by a thread.”

“I’m really sorry. I hope he gets better. I guess I’ll be going now. What time do you need me in the morning?”

“The usual, if that’s okay.”

“Yeah, that’s fine. See you then.”

Carly left, and we went to check on Wiley. He was sound asleep. I felt his head and it was cool to the touch, which was good. The wastebasket by his bed was empty and I hadn’t thought to ask her how he was doing so I walked out of the room and called her.

“Carly, I forgot to ask. Is he still throwing up?”

“No, he seems to have stopped all that. I couldn’t get him to drink anything though. He’s afraid of throwing up again.”

“Okay, thanks. See you tomorrow.”

Milly came up behind me and asked, “Is there a problem?”

“Wiley won’t drink anything.”

“Yeah, he wouldn’t for me, either.”

“I need to run out and get some popsicles. Do you mind staying here?”

“I have a better idea. Why don’t I do that?”

“Shit. I need to walk the dogs, too.”

She put her hand on my arm. “I’ll take care of that too. When I get back, I’ll make a food run and grab the popsicles.”

“You’ll do that?”

“Of course. You need to stay with your son. I’ll be right back.”

It didn’t take the dogs long and she was gone for round two. When she came back, she was loaded down with bags of groceries.

“I brought dinner for us. Hope that’s okay.”

“Thanks. I’m starving.” It was close to nine and I hadn’t eaten since lunch. “Thank you for getting all this.” Then she pulled out a giant box of multi-flavored popsicles.

“I wasn’t sure what he liked so …” A soft laugh hit my ears and it was the first one, the first true laugh I’d heard from her since Dick had gotten hit.

“I’m going to wake him up now and try to get him to eat. He needs to sleep tonight anyway.”

She aimed her thumb at the shopping bags.

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