Rogue Betrayal by Isadora Brown

Author:Isadora Brown [Brown, Isadora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heather C. Myers

Chapter Seven

I tried to discourage them from calling Robert. He was the last person I wanted to call.

But also, he was the only person I knew who would be here. Obviously, Charley would if Dickbag had a heart - which clearly he didn’t - and I knew my mom would but I didn’t want her to be. I didn’t want her worrying about me. I didn’t want her knowing I made a stupid mistake that got me hurt, that I was drunk at a party because some cute boy invited me to one of these things, and this was the first time in my life I actually got to attend one. She always told everyone how mature and responsible I was; this wasn’t mature or responsible and I didn’t want her perception of me skewered in any way.

Which meant I was forced to let Charley call Robert.

And he was here in less than ten minutes.

Now that the initial shock and pain had worn off, I was growing more accustomed to my surroundings. When the door to the med office barreled open and Robert barged in, my heart leapt in my throat.

“Where the hell is she?”

“Professor Lannister,” Charley said before Dr. Dickbag could say anything. “You can’t just come throwing open doors and -”

“I’m sorry, Spider, but you don’t get to tell me what to do,” Robert said firmly. There was a gentleness to his harsh tone, one that seemed to imply he was attempting to be respectful since he liked Charley. But Robert hadn’t been good at controlling himself when he was impassioned about something, at least in the few months I had known him. “Especially not when you call me and tell me that Lara hit her head on Dalton Rogers’s island, is probably concussed, and needs me to stay up with her to make sure she doesn’t fall asleep and slip into a coma that would produce irreversible brain damage. Where is she?”

“Lannister, back off, or I’ll call one of my team to sit up with her.” Dickbag’s voice was low and insistent. There was no room for argument. It almost sounded like there was a protective hint to his words, like he didn’t appreciate the way Robert spoke to Charley, and if me and Charley were alone, I totally would have given her a hard time about it.

“Since when do you care?” Robert demanded to know.

“Since Ms. Springer and I took care of her,” he said. “Now, are you going to be able to stay with her tonight, here, in a med ward room?”

“Why wouldn’t I?” Robert asked. Though my eyes were still closed, I could hear Robert shuffling around. In fact, I pictured him at the sink, picking at one of those cotton ball displays before moving on and inspecting the Kleenex. The guy couldn’t sit still when he was worked up about something.

“Because it’s very important that you’re not saying shit just because you think you can do everything,” Dickbag said. “This is serious, Robert.”

“Don’t you think I know that?” he replied.

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