Kale by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt & Chelsea Camaron

Author:Theresa Marguerite Hewitt & Chelsea Camaron [Hewitt, Theresa Marguerite]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, mystery
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Easing her down to sit on the EMT gurney, relief washes over me that I found her. Needing to touch her, I rub her thigh in what I hope is a soothing manner. She seems so small under my touch right now. She is just laying here letting the paramedics check her out, but the pain is evident in her eyes. They check her head first and she winces at the sting of Melissa, the medic’s, touch. Melissa leaves her boot but cuts away at her pants leg, trying to inspect her ankle and foot. Paige grabs my hand, squeezing in pain as Melissa is trying to get her body stabilized on the backboard for transport. I see the tears welling up in her eyes, but she doesn’t let them escape. Reaching up, I use my free hand to bring her head to my chest and I stroke her hair. Kissing the top of her head, I look over to see her ankle and foot are swollen and already bruising.

“Ms. Lockley, you’re gonna have to go in for x-rays for your foot and your head needs about six stitches from what I can see.” Melissa is making notes on her little pad, like any good medic would, and she doesn’t realize her words have a deep impact on my girl.

Paige pulls away from me, her look making my chest tighten. She is in pain, confused by me, and now she has to go to the hospital. The one place Paige Lockley can’t stand to go is the hospital. I know she’d rather be stitched up right here, right now, among the smoke and crowd rather than set foot inside the hospital. For Paige, it is only a place of death and heartbreak, nothing good has ever come out of those automatic metal doors for her. After spending months visiting her grandmother in the hospital only to watch her slowly deteriorate and eventually die, Paige is not comfortable in the place of so called healing.

I cup her face with both hands, making her look at me. “I have to get back to my team. I’ll call Pipe to meet you there. As soon as I’m done I’ll come straight there. If they release you before I finish, Piper can take you to my house.” I try to make her see that this is going to be okay, that she will be okay with me, but she just shakes her head.

“I’m not going to your house, Kale Benson!” She states firmly. She may be in pain, but she still has it in her to fight me. Such a minx and she doesn’t even realize it.

Cupping her chin upwards to me, I kiss her. I don’t let go when she keeps her lips tight, fighting me. I feel the want to give in present in the slight shake I feel it in her hands as she places them on my chest. As soon as she stops resisting and kisses me back, I pull away with a smile.

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