One Hollywood Sunset by Mandy Baggot

Author:Mandy Baggot [Baggot, Mandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

18

Freya opened her eyes and immediately shut them again. There was a bright-white light positioned directly over her head. It could only mean one thing. She was in hospital where nice, subtle lighting didn’t exist. She felt sick and her mouth was dry.

‘Freya,’ Nicholas whispered.

She felt his fingers running softly through her hair and she really wanted to go back to sleep.

‘Freya, are you awake?’

She lifted her eyelids open again and this time, turned her head slightly and looked at Nicholas. He was sat in the chair next to her, an anxious expression on his face. He took hold of her hand and brought it to his lips, kissing it.

‘How’s Mike?’ Freya croaked. She tried to sit up but found she was attached to a drip and the tube tightened with every movement.

‘He’s going to be fine. Lie down, babe.’

‘Is he still here?’

‘He’s going to be fine, Freya, honestly. Roger’s here with him and he’s called his wife. He has a couple of stitches and some bruising. The brain scan was clear.’

‘Brain scan! He had a brain scan! Oh my God! I have to see him.’ She tried sitting up again but her head span the second she accelerated her movements past snail pace.

‘Freya, please try and stay calm. The doctor says you’ve got to rest.’

‘Well, the doctor doesn’t know me very well, does he? You know how much I hate hospitals and what I hate more than hospitals is laying still. Can we go home? Where’s my handbag?’ She scanned the room for signs of familiarity and started to peel away the tape holding the drip in position.

‘Freya, come on, don’t make this difficult. The doctor says you’re dehydrated and you passed out.’

‘I left my bag at the casino. It has my phone in and my purse and…’ she started.

‘Don’t worry about the damn bag. I’ll call Martin, the manager and have him find it. Freya, you got so worked up, you fainted.’

He was repeating himself. Not because he thought she hadn’t heard the first time, but to hammer the point home. She’d got worked up over her father and what he had arranged for Mike and she’d blacked out. It wasn’t like that had never happened before.

‘I know what I did but I’m fine now. I just want to go home.’ She finally managed to sit up.

‘Look, stay in bed, just for a minute. I’ll go and tell the doctor you’re awake and see what I can do. Here, have some water.’ He passed her a plastic cup.

She took a sip of the cool liquid and watched Nicholas leave the room. She took a deep breath and put her hand to her chest. It still felt tight and her head was woolly. She remembered the last time this had happened. She’d been on a flight from Athens to London having ended her relationship with Nicholas and having just spoken to her father. He was the cause of it. Like he was the cause of everything ugly that happened in her life.

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