Just Once by Rebecca Brooke

Author:Rebecca Brooke [Brooke, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Published: 2016-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Colin

The nurses bustled around my room, readying everything for transport. Apparently, even though the swelling had gone down enough to remove the tubes, there were still concerns about the healing fracture and they weren’t able to cast it with the wound from the metal, so my leg still needed to be braced. Which left me in a hospital bed for the flight, the nurses traveling with me.

My parents left earlier so they could beat my plane in. I had also texted Danielle to let her know flight times and to make sure she still planned on bringing Joey with her. When I was satisfied all of the plans were in place, I rested my head against the pillows and looked at the space around me, the plain white walls and hard plastic chairs a reminder of all that had happened so far.

The few moments I’d had alone over the last two weeks had been spent thinking about Joey. I wondered how her shoulder was healing, what she might be doing, how much I’d worried her. It was no longer that I wanted to see her—I needed to see her. Touch her. Make sure she was okay.

I knew my time with her would be cut short. She had a nine-month deployment and so by the time she finished her PT, she’d probably have about three months left to serve. I’d decided my goal would be to finish PT by the time she came home. I wouldn’t be a burden on anyone, especially her. She deserved the man she met that night in the bar, not a man confined to a wheelchair or crutches while he forced his leg to work again.

“It’s almost time to wheel you down,” a voice said from the doorway.

Glancing over, I noticed Cpl. West stepping into the room. She’d been with me more than any other nurse since I woke up.

“I’m ready whenever you are.” My hands gripped the sheets and I had to let out a low breath and force myself to relax. I’d been doing my best to not think about the flight home. For years I’d flown all over the world. I didn’t have a problem with flying. Or at least, I never used to.

“I bet you can’t wait to get home. Back to a certain sergeant.” She winked at me.

Laughter bubbled up in my chest. “Is it that obvious?”

“No one worries that much about another soldier unless they’re more than friends, or want to be more than friends.”

“You’ve figured me out. Promise not to tell?” I winked.

It didn’t matter who knew, but the game kept my mind elsewhere. It was just the distraction I needed.

“I won’t tell a soul.”

She finished disconnecting all of the equipment, except for the IV. Another nurse came through the door, followed by two men in scrubs, one of them pushing a stretcher into the room and lining it up next to my bed.

“Sergeant, we need to move you to the stretcher to wheel you down, but we don’t want you to move too much.

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