Love by Design by Chris Keniston

Author:Chris Keniston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Indie House Publishing
Published: 2015-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“I don’t understand.” Maggie sat beside her brother in the emergency waiting room. “Ava didn’t bother the eel. He just shot out of nowhere and bit her. Why?”

“In some ways”—leaning forward, forearms resting on his thighs, Billy stared ahead at the double doors separating him from his sister in the ER—”eels are a lot like bears. It’s a known fact that bears don’t attack humans without provocation. It’s also a known fact bears, like this eel, get to decide what constitutes provocation.”

“You said it was a good thing she didn’t pull away. Why?” It had bothered John the way Ava had stood frozen in place with the three-foot eel hanging off her arm. There would be no wiping away that horrific picture.

“The eel wasn’t going to let go, until he wanted to. Had she pulled her arm, she would have torn away her flesh. Eels’ teeth are double-tiered and worse than a razor. She could have lost a good chunk of her arm.”

John kept telling himself it could have been worse. Much worse. But at this particular moment, knowing the shock and pain Ava had suffered, it was hard to find comfort in avoiding a worst-case scenario. Maybe if someone would tell them how she was doing, how much blood she had lost, how serious was the wound? Though, with the amount of Ava’s blood on his hands, he didn’t need medical training to know this was definitely more than a little scratch.

“There you are.” Angela Everrett waddled in with Nick, Kara and baby Catherine. “They wouldn’t let me drive.”

John didn’t miss the curt nod that Billy gave his former navy partner, nor the silent your welcome received in response.

“Your mother caught a ride with Lexie and Jim,” Angela continued. “They should be here any second. Jonathan’s running the shop.”

“What about Emily?” Billy asked.

John vaguely remembered meeting Ava’s sister, the teacher.

“Doug is at the school. He wanted to tell her in person. I’m sure they’ll be here soon.”

“She should stay with her students.” Oozing frustration, Billy flexed his fingers and shifted his attention from the clock to his sister beyond the separating doors and back. “The doctors aren’t telling us anything here anyhow.”

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