Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

Author:Alice Winters [Winters, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
Amazon: B0B85239V5
Goodreads: 61818947
Published: 2021-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

MADDOX

“No,” Hiro says the moment he walks into the hospital room like he knew I was going to ask about work. “I’m just here to collect your ass.”

“Yeah, and tell me everything I’m missing,” I say as I sit on the edge of the hospital bed, fully clothed and ready to go. If they would just release me, I’d go on with life quite merrily. The pain has been quite manageable with good drugs. Now the worst of the pain is being stuck in this room. Even though it’s only been two days, I feel like I’ve been here for weeks.

I also feel like I’m being left out of everything. While I now know that the man who shot me goes by the name of Bill Smith, I know very little about him. Using my phone, I couldn’t find anything helpful, definitely nothing to pinpoint why he’d do this. So I need to get out of here and be of use.

That is, once I get past Hiro.

He folds his arms over his chest and gives me a very pointed look. “Maddox, you’re healing.”

“I’m back to new.”

“Are you a vampire with magical regenerative powers? Did I miss that revelation at some point? No, you’re not healed enough.”

“Yet the game goes on, does it not?” I ask, referring to Ambrose’s twisted game.

Hiro shifts uncertainly because he does know that it goes on, and that we can’t waste time with me… resting or whatever bullshit he wants to pull.

“You were shot. Right now, you’re on painkillers making your brain think it’s normal to run around and face the world. You’re not working.”

I give him a look that should hopefully convey that I’m working whether he likes it or not. The look he gives me right back is one filled with pure stubbornness that makes me question if he’ll actually win the who’s-more-stubborn fight.

“Did you have help getting dressed?” Hiro asks.

“Yeah, I asked the nurse to hold my hand,” I say sarcastically.

His eyebrow shoots up as he stares at me. “Have you ever asked for help from anyone other than me?”

“I needed help wiping my ass when I was like one,” I say.

“Ah, right, makes clear sense. And then by two you were like ‘Fuck off, woman, I got it’?”

“Pretty much.”

“I literally left just for an hour and you go full out the moment I’m gone,” Hiro says.

“That’s about right,” I say. “I had to wait until you weren’t around to yell at me.”

The nurse comes in, cutting our conversation short and thankfully allowing me to leave. She’s accompanied by someone from transportation who really thinks they’re going to wheel me out in a wheelchair.

“I don’t need a wheelchair,” I say.

“Get in the wheelchair or you’re staying here another night,” Hiro orders.

I make sure everyone is well aware of my displeasure with a loud sigh as I sit down, disgusted by this show.

“Don’t pout,” Hiro says.

“I’m not pouting,” I grumble as the woman wheels me out the door.

“I’m going to head out and get the car.

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