Harkham's Corner (Harkham's Series Book 3) by Lowell Chanse & Marti Lynch

Author:Lowell, Chanse & Marti, Lynch [Lowell, Chanse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-09T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Adam kicked the covers off. This was silly.

“I’m not sick,” he told Dr. Harkham as she hovered.

“I know you’re not sick. They ran the same tests I did. There’s nothing wrong with you.”

“See? I already knew that. Let me out of here, then.” He stood up and got dizzy for a moment.

He couldn’t remember much about when they took him to the hospital, only that at one point he felt like someone was jabbing a knife into his skull, and he felt paralyzed.

He swayed. She helped brace him.

“The hospital said you can go as soon as you feel alert enough, but no driving for today. All your scans were cleared. We’re still trying to figure out what caused that nose bleed, but they’re not concerned about it.” She swallowed. “But . . . I saw something I didn’t like.”

“What was it?” He leaned into the bed. “And where is my wife?”

“Here, honey.” She was sitting in the chair behind his bed.

“Mari.” He reached for her. “Come here. I need you, sweetheart.”

In an instant, she was at his side, her arm around him, supporting him.

“You are too good to me,” he told her, kissing her cheek.

“I can say the same about you.” She winked and smiled, but her eyes were sad and kind of swimmy.

“Don’t look that way. Please.” He caressed her cheek with the back of his fingers.

“Okay. I won’t.” She sniffed, and her smile brightened while she leaned into his touch.

“What I saw was some scarring that we hadn’t noticed before in your previous scans. I’m not sure how we missed them. The doctors here said they were fine—they wouldn’t impair you or cause you any more problems than you’ve already had. You’re functioning well, so they said not to worry about it.” Harkham breathed out like she had terrible news. “But if that’s the case, then why these recent flare ups?”

“I have no idea,” he said, stretching his neck a little. He felt stiff and sore all over.

“And I’m thinking what happened to you was a brain bleed, although that doesn’t show up on a CAT scan for the first twenty-four hours, so I’ll be monitoring you as your doctor very carefully today since the test we just had you take didn’t show any internal bleeding either. It could’ve closed up already, though.” Dr. Harkham spoke softly.

“Can’t these issues all simply be due to stress? He’s about to graduate. He just took finals. He’s working in a strenuous emotional environment by helping sick people. Maybe that’s why?” Mari stiffened at his side.

“Maybe . . . It could be that. I want to do some more research. I’ll get back to you if I find anything out, but I thought I should mention it to you, Adam, since I’ll be sharing my ideas with your father.” She nodded.

He nodded back. “Thank you, Amelia. Tell him I’m good, and I’ll be ready to go back to work on Monday.”

Amelia went even more rigid than his wife. “I’m not sure he’ll want that, but I’ll tell him you said so.

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