Rebel Heart by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Author:Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland [Ward, Penelope & Keeland, Vi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Published: 2018-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

My heart started to hammer inside my chest at the sight of Lauren in the waiting room. She stood as we approached.

“Thank you for coming. I didn’t know what to do.” Lauren hugged Rush and then turned to me.

“You, too, Gia.” She hugged me and squeezed my hand. “I think our guys really need us right now.”

I felt like the worst person on the planet. Lauren was so kind and caring, and here I was standing in front of her carrying her husband’s baby, and she didn’t have a clue. We’d passed a chapel down the hall on the way in, and I hoped she didn’t want to go in there together to pray for Edward. I was certain my feet would combust.

The two of them talked for a while. Lauren filled him in on what she knew so far and then told him the doctor said two people could visit at a time.

Rush couldn’t hide the stress that the thought of walking in to see Edward in ICU caused. I took his hand and squeezed tight. “I’ll go with you.”

We walked through the ICU doors like we were going to our own beheadings. Small steps and terrified. Edward’s little area had the curtain drawn, and we heard people working on him. So we waited.

“Are you here for Eddie?” A heavyset nurse with an unexpected southern drawl asked.

I waited a few seconds for Rush to answer. When he didn’t, I did. “Yes. How’s he doing?”

She attempted to smile and stay positive, but I didn’t need to know her to see she wasn’t that optimistic. “He’s holding his own. He’s a fighter. I just cleaned him up. You can go on and visit. Don’t let the tubes scare you too much.” She took off a paper gown that she had worn over her uniform and crumpled it into a ball. “You must be one of his sons, right? I can see the resemblance.”

Rush just kept staring at Edward in the bed, so I answered again. “Yes, I’m Gia, and this is Rush.”

She stepped on the garbage can pedal next to her and tossed the disposable gown in. “I’ll give the doctor a call and let him know you’re here so that he can come speak to you.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

When the nurse walked away, Rush and I approached the bed still hand in hand. Edward looked frightening. There was a tube down his throat, a tube up his nose, and at least four bags of medicine running from an IV pole to his hand. A machine flashed all kinds of numbers to his left, while another machine hissed breaths into his body from the right. He looked so pale and weak.

Neither of us said a word as we stood there. At one point, I watched Rush close his eyes, and I thought he might have said a little prayer. Then he did something I never expected. He reached down and took Edward’s hand. I had to swallow to keep my tears at bay.

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