Ice by Lyn Gardner

Author:Lyn Gardner [Gardner, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Women Detectives, Women Sleuths, Lesbian, (v5.0)
Publisher: Lyn Gardner
Published: 2013-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Alex awoke slowly. She could hear the crackle of the fire and Maggie doing something in the kitchen, but the dull throb between her temples convinced her that opening her eyes to face the light of day might be a mistake. With a groan, she rolled tentatively to one side. Leaning against the back of the sofa, she took several deep breaths thinking that it would clear away the pounding in her head. It didn’t.

Noticing that Alex was awake, Maggie came over and sat down on the coffee table. “How’s your leg?” she asked quietly.

“Better than my head,” Alex muttered.

Chuckling, Maggie tapped Alex on the arm so that she’d open her eyes. Handing her a bottle of water, she said, “Here, drink this. It should help with the headache.”

Swallowing a few mouthfuls of water, Alex glanced at Maggie, immediately noticing that her hair was now brushed, and a bit more color had returned to her cheeks.

“How long have I been asleep?”

“Don’t you mean passed out?” Maggie said with a snicker.

Smiling, Alex nodded her head, “Yeah, that too.”

“Almost eight hours, I think.”

“What?”

“Somehow I don’t think you’ve had a lot of sleep since the crash, so between that, the alcohol, and the pain—”

“Yeah, but what about you?”

Rolling her eyes at Alex’s worrisome ways, Maggie said, “Relax. As soon as I got you cleaned up, I went and took a kip. I only woke up about an hour ago, and I was just about to fix some tea. Would you like some?”

“Yeah, that would be nice.”

Noticing a pained look on Maggie’s face when she stood up, Alex reached out and grabbed her hand. “What’s wrong?”

Drinking in the feel of Alex’s warm hand wrapped around hers, several seconds passed before Maggie replied. “I tried to put some more wood on the fire, but I think I may have pulled open the cut on my side.”

Concerned, Alex let go of her hand and lifted Maggie’s shirt just far enough to see the bandage. Seeing the spots of blood on the gauze, she frowned as she got to her feet. “You better go lie down, and I’ll get the bandages,” Alex said, cautiously putting weight on her right leg.

“How is it?” Maggie asked, looking down at Alex’s heavily bandaged thigh.

The pounding in her head far outweighing the dull ache in her leg, Alex grinned. “Actually, it’s not too bad.”

A few minutes later, after getting the antibiotic cream that she had hidden in the bathroom, Alex joined Maggie in the bedroom. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Alex lifted the hem of Maggie’s shirt and began to tend to the injury.

“Where’d you get that cream?” Maggie asked, noticing the small tube that Alex had placed on the bed.

“It was in the bathroom.”

“I thought you said the only disinfectant we had was the rubbing alcohol?”

“Is that what I said?”

“Alex, why did you let me use the alcohol if we had that?” Maggie said, her Scottish accent becoming very pronounced as her temper flared.

Shrugging her shoulders, Alex looked up.

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