Perfect Match Book Two by Mildred Gail Digby

Author:Mildred Gail Digby [Digby, Mildred Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, contemporary, lgbt, lesbian
ISBN: 9781619294165
Google: hW_TxQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1619294168
Goodreads: 45448492
Publisher: Yellow Rose By Rce
Published: 2019-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

A SHARP RINGTONE shook Megan out of a lovely warm sleep. Beside her, Syler bolted upright and grabbed her phone. She answered with a terse word. Her face hardened as she listened to the voice on the other end. After a minute or so, she barked a brief affirmative and ended the call.

“What is it?” Megan asked. She sat up as Syler leapt to her feet and started rummaging for her clothes.

“I’m so sorry Meg,” Syler came over and knelt on the comforter. She held her shirt in one hand and reached out to cup Megan’s cheek with the other. “There’s an emergency and I have to go back. It’s Nikky. She was just brought in by ambulance with numerous contusions, a possible ruptured kidney and suspected splenic lac. You can stay here and come back on the train tomorrow. We’ve got the room until ten—”

Megan threw back the comforter. “I’m going with you.” She twisted her hands together. “This is my fault. If I had tried harder to protect Nikky this wouldn’t have happened.”

“You don’t know what happened,” Syler said. She reached out and gave Megan’s hand a squeeze. “No what ifs, all right?”

Even though she had a horrible, black feeling in her belly, Megan nodded. Syler turned away and yanked her sports bra over her head. Megan was right behind her. Years of practice being on-call gave them a firefighter-like efficiency as they dressed.

“Why don’t you get the car,” Megan said as she stuffed the last item into her overnight bag. “I’ll check us out.”

“Good plan,” Syler said. “I’ll give you the extra for my share of the drinks once we’re on the road.”

“No way, I lost the ping-pong fair and square, and I want to get moving as soon as possible,” Megan said. She was the first out the door, already with the envelope that contained their combined funds for the room in her hand. Even at that late hour, a young employee met Megan at the front desk. After she passed over the fee and the room key, the worker dropped his fist into his palm as if he’d just remembered something.

“Maier-sama, there was a package left for you this evening.”

“What?” Megan had to think for a moment before she remembered. “Oh yes, thanks.” She took the slim pack, which bore the logo of the one convenience store in the area, and shoved it into her pocket. She darted out to the street where Syler’s Jimny idled at the curb. Megan knocked on the driver’s side window.

“Scoot over,” she said. “I’ll drive and you can rest.”

“All right, thanks,” Syler said.

The drive back was quiet. In the passenger seat, Syler crossed her arms and tucked her chin against her chest, dozing as Megan navigated the deserted highway. She pushed the speed limit with a careful eye in the rear view mirror.

When they reached the hospital, Megan let Syler out at the after-hours entrance then found a parking spot in the lot behind the hospital.

She cut the engine but didn’t move to get out.

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