Happily Ever Alpha by Layla Frost

Author:Layla Frost [Frost, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

BE AS EXTRA AS GUAC

GUS

“I HAVEN’T EVEN HAD MY COFFEE YET. I’m not talking about this.”

At my excuse, my meema rolled her eyes so hard, I worried it’d cause more damage. As it was, the left eye didn’t move quite the same as the right. “Yeah, well the damned doctors won’t even let me have my tea. So you’re getting no sympathy from me, Augusta Anne Allan.”

Someone had chosen that moment to enter the room, and there was a chuckle on the other side of the privacy curtain before it was drowned out by the sink. When they finished washing their hands, the curtain was moved, and a young guy stepped in.

Tall and classically handsome, he was dressed in pristine slacks, a button down, and a white coat that had the hospital’s emblem embroidered on the breast. He flashed a grin as he looked between us. “Full name? Someone’s in trouble.”

Before he’d entered, I’d told Meema my plans to move back in with her. Plans I’d thought she’d be happy about, given all that’d happened. Instead, she’d immediately launched into a tirade about how I’d cramp her style. It’d been said with love, despite how many times she’d called me a pain in her rear.

With the good-looking doctor in the room, a switch flipped, and Meema’s tune changed. “No, I was just giving my granddaughter a hard time. She’s never in trouble, even as a little girl. Always so sweet. Have you met her yet?”

Carol Anne, thy name is never subtlety.

“No, I haven’t.” He reached a hand out to me. “Matt Collins, I’m a resident here. Nice to meet you, Augusta Anne Allan.”

I fought the urge to glare at Meema, and instead corrected, “Gus. Everyone calls me Gus.”

“Then nice to meet you, Gus.” He smiled, holding my hand for a moment too long before finally dropping it. “I met your grandma earlier while you were getting breakfast, but she asked me to come back once you were here.”

I’m sure she did.

“I’m still foggy,” she explained, going for full dramatics. “I didn’t want to miss anything important.”

The doctor gave her a charming smile, which I was sure worked on all the ladies, regardless of age. “An extra set of ears is always a good idea. We’ve got some news. The last scan showed a lot of improvement.” After typing in his information, he twisted the wall mounted laptop so we could see it. He opened black and white images that I didn’t understand but still made me nauseous to look at. Pointing out different things, he summed up by saying, “Bottom line, the medically induced coma did as we wanted. It took enough strain off your system to give your body time and energy to heal.”

The excruciatingly slow process had taken over thirty hours, but she’d finally woken up the night before. I’d paced the far wall as the doctors and nurses had examined her. Anxiously waiting for them to give me the bad news, my heart had lodged in my throat, slamming so hard I’d been sure it was preparing to break.

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