Hargrove House: The Haunted Book One by Harrison Allie

Author:Harrison, Allie [Harrison, Allie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Allison Harris
Published: 2015-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“It’s not fractured,” Dr. Folton informed her. “But it’s badly sprained. And although it doesn’t require a cast, I do feel you should keep it immobile for a week or two.”

While Will had been busy and off somewhere, Torrie had snuck out and had driven herself to the Urgent Center. Normally, Torrie would have opted for just the doctor’s office, but she knew she would need an X-ray, just as well as she knew X-rays were done at the Urgent Center. The wait hadn’t been long and Dr. Folton was kind, compassionate, and capable.

She thought she was lucky just having a sprain, considering the pain. And it felt better once Dr. Folton fitted her with a big, black boot to stabilize it. Driving wasn’t bad, either, since it was her left foot. Afterward, she drove home and changed clothes and put on a clean shoe. She’d been forced to wear one wet shoe earlier when she snuck out and go barefoot with her left foot. One, her left foot was too swollen to wear her shoe. Two, the heel was broken, making the left shoe too dangerous and impossible wear.

Then, knowing there was so little in the fridge, she stopped at the grocery store before she returned to Hargrove House. Besides, she needed to stop and fill her prescription for painkillers.

She got what she thought would be favorite foods for kids. And she moved as quickly as possible so she could get off her foot.

It was still raining when she arrived back at Hargrove House. She parked her car in front this time, under the overhang that covered the drive outside the front door.

Will came out before she could get out of her car. He took a bag of groceries. “I’m glad you’re back so I can keep an eye on you and make sure you’re doing what you should—like staying off the foot.” He followed her into the kitchen. A moment later he returned with the other two bags.

“You should never have left without telling me.” It was the subtle, low tone of his voice that told her Will was furious. He held up one of the grocery bags. “You did not need to go shopping!”

“I had to get your kids’ favorite foods,” she insisted. “They live here, remember?”

“Every moment.” He helped her sit down on the closest seat in the breakfast nook and kissed her. “Let me worry about getting their food.” Then he glanced into the bag. “But I do hope you got French vanilla ice cream, peaches, apples with caramel, and creamed spinach.”

“What? How could you know I love creamed spinach?” she asked without thinking. “I mean all the other things could be mere guesses, but how did you know about the creamed spinach?”

He looked at her slyly and grinned. “You talk in your sleep.”

“I do not.”

“So is it broken?”

She looked at her foot. “No, just sprained. But I don’t think I’m going to be able to handle lugging this heavy boot around for the next few weeks.

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