His Fantasy by Sheila Kell

Author:Sheila Kell [Kell, Sheila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cunningham Books
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

MADISON woke confused… and scared. She was on her back and looking at a bunch of bright lights as she passed them. It was like an amusement park ride where you had no control over where the ride took you, and it turned her stomach, just as those rides did.

Noises. People talking, and then someone wearing a frog-covered scrub top leaned over her. “Oh, you’re awake. The doctor will be happy to hear that.” Yet, the frog-covered scrub top lady didn’t stop moving Madison.

Panic hit her hard when she realized she was in a hospital. As her pulse pounded through her veins, she tried to think of what had happened to get her here. Madison attempted to turn her head to the lady who’d spoken to her, but she couldn’t move her neck. Her panic escalated. Was she paralyzed? A sudden whoosh of despair railed through her at the thought. No. She refused to accept it. She couldn’t be.

It didn’t register right away that when her hands were reaching for her neck that she couldn’t be paralyzed if she could move her arms.

“Hold still,” the same woman said. “It’s just a C-collar. It’s a precaution. We’re on our way to X-ray now. After the doctor says its safe, we’ll get it off you.”

Relief surged through her, but worry still crowded her as she searched her mind for what had happened.

The dinner. A vehicle ramming them. Brad.

They’d been driving, and then they’d been hit by another car. Oh God, was he okay? She tried to sit up, but a hand on her shoulder guided her back down. “Settle down. We’re almost there.”

“Brad,” she said.

“Who?” the woman answered.

She wet her dry lips. “He was in the truck with me.”

The nurse shook her head. “You were the only one brought in from the accident.”

No. No. No. Was he dead? Did he not get brought in because he’d died and they waited for something other than an ambulance to remove his body? Her insides churned at the thought of Brad dead. She couldn’t accept it any more than she’d accepted that she might be paralyzed. But, he wasn’t here. Her heart crushed, and she wasn’t sure it could be repaired. No. Not Brad.

Her brain righted, and she thought maybe—just maybe—he was okay and hadn’t needed to go to the hospital. But, why wasn’t he here with her now? She bit her bottom lip with worry.

After X-rays and the doctor agreeing she was fine, they removed the collar from her stiff neck muscles. She rubbed it, happy to have the uncomfortable reminder she’d been hurt away from her body.

“You hit your head on the side window pretty hard. You’ll probably feel some pain in your entire body from the impact of the two vehicles. I’ll prescribe you something for it,” the doctor said, tapping the screen of a tablet. He looked up at her. “I’m worried about your concussion. Unless you have someone who can wake you and check on you all night, I’m going to admit you.

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