Georgia on My Mind (2011) by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9781466378278
Amazon: 1466378271
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-09-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Tess descended the stairs with an odd sense of having interrupted something. But what? Georgie, as far as she knew, was somewhere with Nathan. Cat was out with Ian.

Unless . . .

What if they hadn’t gone out? Well, wouldn’t that be something? Tess giggled. And after the way Cat had teased Georgie! Tess left the house and headed for her car. Normally she would walk the short distance to Ben’s house, but if they decided to go out, she knew he wouldn’t be able to walk far.

She had thought of him often during the long day at the hospital and was looking forward to seeing him. After she parked on Extension Street, she flipped down the mirror to touch up her lip-gloss. With a deep breath to calm nerves of excitement, she set off down the hill.

Ben stood in the doorway waiting for her.

“Hi,” she said as she dashed up the stairs, thrilled to see him.

“I thought you’d never get here.”

Because he looked so cute and happy to see her, she went up on tiptoes to kiss his cheek. “Sorry I’m late. We had a two-car accident come in right at shift change. How was your day?”

“Long and boring. Until now.”

Tess felt his eyes on her as she stretched out the kinks of the day. “What do you feel like doing?”

“Anything you want.”

“How about we get some food, rent a movie, and take it back to my house where there’s actual furniture and even a TV?”

“Sounds like a plan,” he said, gesturing to the door.

As she watched him struggle down the short flight of stairs to the street, Tess ached for him.

“Sorry,” he said, his mouth tight with pain. “The simplest things take forever.”

“Please don’t apologize, Ben.”

“I hate being a crip.”

They walked slowly up the hill to her car.

“Can I ask you something?” she said.

“Uh-huh.”

“Why didn’t they amputate?”

“I wouldn’t let them.”

“You might’ve been better off.”

“Maybe.” He paused before he added, “I’ve never said that out loud before.”

Tess stayed quiet, hoping he would say more.

“I was out of it for days. When I came to, I heard them talking about taking my leg, how every bone was shattered, my knee was a mess. I went nuts. They ended up sedating me, and when I woke up again, I still had a leg.”

She opened the passenger door for him but didn’t hover, sensing he wouldn’t want her to.

“When they weaned me off the morphine, the pain was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” he said when they were in the car. “I knew almost right away that I’d made a big mistake by not letting them take it.”

“It’s not too late.”

“I’ve actually been thinking about it lately,” he confessed.

“Really?”

He nodded. “The physical therapists say my mobility is as good as it’s probably going to get, and the pain has been horrible, almost as bad as it was when it first happened. It makes me sick.”

“Are you on anything?”

“It screws me up. I can’t do another damned thing all day if I take it.

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