Rafferty (Default Distraction Book 2) by Roberts A. S

Author:Roberts, A. S. [Roberts, A. S.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: A. S. Roberts
Published: 2019-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

I walked away from the doorway and Raff and into the small kitchen that was in one of the corners of my large, open-plan living space. Going to the sink, I washed my hands, then pulled open the fridge door and took out a small glass bottle, which I placed onto the side. Opening a drawer, I pulled out one of my glucose monitors, unzipped the case and turned it on. Still without turning to look at Raff, I picked up a lancet and clicked the hand-held device into my left index finger. I then squeezed a droplet of blood to the surface and placed it onto the waiting glucose monitor. I could feel him behind me taking in everything that was going on, but without saying anything I carried on. I opened another cupboard, dropped the lancet into the yellow sharps box and then looked at the reading on the screen in front of me.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and opened the app I needed to check my daily readings. When it displayed my level I refused to show my concern, I simply took out a syringe and holding the glass bottle upside down I drew out the correct amount of insulin. Then I unceremoniously dropped my jeans, squeezed the top of my thigh and pushed the needle home into the layer of fat at the top of my leg. I knew I had to start doing better with managing my disease, but until now I hadn’t felt the need to acknowledge let alone manage it.

Finally, I dropped the needle into the same yellow box, put away all the equipment I had used and washed my hands again.

I pulled my jeans back up and glanced over my shoulder at Raff.

I knew if I found any hesitancy whatsoever, then whatever had come to pass between us the last few hours would have to be forgotten.

‘So, do you still want to stay, Raff?’ I spun around to face him fully. He was leaning his backside on the back of my large settee.

His eyes came to find mine as he twisted his head in question at my words and I watched his arms cross over his chest. ‘Yes, I want to stay, Lauren.’

‘After what you’ve just seen?’ I questioned him again and watched every expression on his face to get my answer. ‘Diabetes controls my life, are you sure you understand that?’

‘Your illness makes no difference to how I feel about you, Loz.’

I saw no hesitancy in his face at all and took a couple of steps towards him. ‘You couldn’t handle it all those years ago, are you sure you can now? Diabetes doesn’t go away, not my type anyway. I have to test several times a day, I have to eat when I’m not hungry, and sometimes when I’m starving I can’t eat at all because my blood sugar isn’t at the right level.’

His left hand came up and swept his hair away from his eyes, it was as if he wanted me to see him more clearly as he spoke.

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