Hurt So Good Omnibus by Hannah Ford & Kelly Favor & Chloe Hawk

Author:Hannah Ford & Kelly Favor & Chloe Hawk [Ford, Hannah & Favor, Kelly & Hawk, Chloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Caelyn had to wait a very long time before she was able to finally see Elijah again.

In fact, he was sleeping when they finally allowed Caelyn into his hospital room. She walked in slowly, and a nurse who was checking his IV turned and gave her a strange look.

Do they all know who I am? Caelyn wondered, and decided that yes, they probably did.

A police officer was sitting in a chair just inside the door, and he nodded at Caelyn.

She took a deep breath and let it out.

The nurse was leaving the room, and Caelyn stopped her. “Hey,” she said, softly. “How is he?”

“He’s got a few serious third degree and second degree burns,” she said. “He also suffered from smoke inhalation, so we’ve been giving him oxygen periodically. He’s responded well.”

“But he’s going to be okay, right?” Caelyn asked, her fingers twisting against each other as she asked the question.

The nurse made a strained smile. “I’m sorry, I can’t give any kind of prognosis. I’m just a nurse, you’d need to speak with his doctor.”

“Okay. Well, thanks anyway,” Caelyn told her.

The nurse looked away and then walked out of the room.

Caelyn went and pulled a chair close to Elijah’s bedside and then sat down as near to him as she could get.

Close up, she could see the burns, although he was bandaged over his chest and shoulders. Some of the lesser burns were slick with ointment and hadn’t been bandaged or covered in any way. They were red and raw looking.

His hands were blistered, and his sheets had spots of blood from all of the open sores that were bleeding and draining.

She could barely stand to think of how much pain Elijah was in, although he did look peaceful enough. His eyes were closed, his mouth slightly open, and his chest rose and fell rhythmically and deeply.

“I love you,” she whispered.

His eyelids fluttered but remained closed. Part of her was hoping he’d wake up so she could talk to him and make sure he was all right, but another part of her just wanted him to be at peace.

He’d likely be in profound discomfort if he was awake, so she opted to just sit beside him and watch him sleep.

“You two are lucky to be alive,” the officer said from his seat by the door.

Caelyn turned and looked at him. “I know,” she said.

The officer was older, with a clean-shaven face, pale freckled skin, and light green eyes. He had bags under his eyes, and a paunchy stomach that threatened to pop the zipper on his jacket. “You know he’s going to go to jail, right?” the cop said, examining his fingernails as he talked.

Caelyn hated the fact that the officer had to be in the room with them. “I really wish you would leave. You do understand that Elijah couldn’t possibly go anywhere in his condition,” she told him.

“Not very likely he’s going to jump out the window,” the cop agreed, still looking at his cuticles.

“Then why are you guarding him like he’s Hannibal Lector?”

The cop laughed at that.

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