Nathan's Child by Anne McAllister

Author:Anne McAllister
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Romance - Adult, Paternity, Romance: Modern, Contemporary, General, Bahamas, Unmarried mothers, Adult, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9780373123339
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2003-07-01T10:09:02.295000+00:00

She woke up in the hospital.

At least she supposed she was at the hospital.

She felt dazed and fuzzy-minded and her mouth tasted terrible. She looked around. She was in a private room, which didn’t seem right. There was no way she could afford a private room. Even dazed and confused, she knew that.

She moved her gaze slowly—it was almost the only thing she could move—trying to take it all in.

Her arm was in plaster halfway to her elbow. There were ominous metal screws sticking out of the plaster. One leg was raised on pillows. Her hands were bandaged. Her lips felt cracked. There was something stuck to her cheek. Every muscle in her body hurt. Even when she blinked, she could feel it.

“Look who’s awake.”

Her head jerked around and she almost screamed at the pull of the muscles. And very nearly screamed again at the sight of Nathan, unshaven and bleary-eyed, standing over her.

“Wha-what are you doing here?” Even her throat hurt. Probably because they’d stuck some tube down it while they had her knocked out.

“Watching you.”

“Well, don’t.” If there was ever a time she didn’t need him around it was now. She knew she sounded petulant and probably even childish. “Just let me alone.”

“Thought you might like to know how Lacey is.”

Her gaze snapped back to him. She started to sit up. “What’s wrong with Lacey?”

“Nothing’s wrong with Lacey,” he said quickly, his tone soothing. “You were worried when we left, so I thought I’d stay around and let you know she was fine. I figured you’d want to know.”

“Yes. Of course. Thank you. Where is she?”

“At Maurice and Estelle’s. Hugh will bring her by later.” His jaw tightened briefly. “We ran into him at the airfield and he insisted on coming to the hospital with us. When you were out of surgery, he flew home. He’ll tell Lacey.”

“And he’s bringing her?”

“Later today. And he’ll take her home again.”

Knowing that Lacey was all right eased Carin’s mind. That didn’t help, though, when it came to her arm. She looked at the cast with the pins, and then at her leg. “What did they do to me?”

“Rasmussen called in an orthopedic surgeon, who set your arm. He put a couple of pins in it, said it would heal faster that way. Your ankle is sprained. X-rays came back negative for breaks on that,” Nathan reported. “You’ve got some abrasions. Lots of grit in your skin. They picked that out while you were unconscious.” He nodded at her face and at her gauze-wrapped hands. “It should heal up pretty fast. Doc said a couple of months and you’d be good as new.”

“A couple of months?” Carin tried not to wail the words. “My show…”

“Don’t worry about your show.”

“Easy for you to say,” she muttered.

“Ah, good. You’re awake, dearie.” A nurse appeared in the doorway, a bright white smile on her ebony face. “How you be feeling, then?”

“Just ducky,” Carin muttered. But it was actually nice to see someone other than Nathan.

“Pain medication wearing off?” The nurse shook a pill out into a tiny paper cup and gave it to Carin.

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