Heartbreak at Roosevelt Ranch by Elise Faber

Author:Elise Faber [Faber, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946140029
Publisher: Elise Faber
Published: 2018-06-03T05:00:00+00:00

25

I squeezed Sam’s hand. “You’d better go,” I said softly. “Thanks . . . for everything. You didn’t have to come.” I gave him what I knew was a very watery smile. “To the house for Rocco. Here. You didn’t have to stay.”

For the first time since I’d met Sam, he looked uncomfortable. “It was nothing.”

“It was something to me,” I said sincerely and reached up to give him a hug. “Now go back to sleep.”

“Unlikely,” he said with a short laugh, arms wrapping gently around me. He pulled away. “Rocco’s at the hospital, stable and comfortable, but we’ll sort out what else he needs in the morning.”

“It is morning,” I said, glancing up at the clock on the wall.

One side of his mouth curved up. “How about at a more reasonable hour of the morning?”

“Deal,” I agreed and waved as Sam left the room, not missing the fact that he and Rob shared a long cold stare before he walked through the door.

Haley wiped her hands on her scrubs. “Well.” She sucked a breath through her teeth. “I’m going to get those discharge papers and supplies together.”

Traitor.

But she missed my narrow-eyed glare because she was gone.

I glance at Rob, and blurted, “You look terrible.”

He rolled his eyes. “Thanks. Good to see you too.”

My husband had at least three days of beard growth, and the man could not grow a beard, so his face was covered in uneven patches of prickly-looking hair. Black circles darkened the skin beneath his eyes, which were bloodshot. He’d lost weight and clearly hadn’t been eating or drinking properly.

If I didn’t know better, I’d think he had a drug problem.

But I did know him. Or, at least I thought I did.

And drugs weren’t on the plate of things Rob could tolerate.

“It is good to see you,” I said softly. “Hasn’t been much of that lately.”

He paused, opened his mouth then closed it. His eyes flicked to mine, “What happened?”

That wasn’t what he’d been about to say. I’d have bet my last casserole on it. But what was I supposed to do? We were in the middle of a busy hospital, this wasn’t exactly the best time to have a discussion about the future of our marriage.

“Someone tried to break into the house.”

His face darkened. “Where are the kids?”

“Spending the night as Kel’s.”

“Do they know what happened?”

“Justin does because Sam called him.” His eyes narrowed at my use of Dr. Johnson’s first name. “We decided to let Kelly sleep, with the babies and all—”

Rob stood and pushed his hands through his hair. “What babies?”

“I—” My voice faltered. He hadn’t been MIA for long, but God he’d missed so much. “Kel is pregnant with twins.”

“Holy shit,” he muttered, pacing the room. “That’s—”

“Yeah,” I said. “That was my reaction as well. Three kids under four.”

“Gross.”

I snorted and lay back on the bed, suddenly exhausted. My feet were throbbing more by the second. I wanted painkillers—oral ones this time, because fuck needles—and to sleep for about a decade.

I wanted to wake up and have my life back to normal.

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