Shifted: A Second Chance Romantic Suspense Thriller by Lori Matthews

Author:Lori Matthews [Matthews, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Coyote Press, LLC
Published: 2023-12-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“Dalton.” The voice said again, “Dalton!”

His eyelids felt heavy. He was tired, and he had a headache, not to mention his entire body hurt as well. Must have been a hell of an accident. Usually, they didn’t hurt so much. Wait. What was he driving? Nothing. He hadn’t raced in years.

“Dalton, open your eyes,” the voice demanded. Rory’s voice. Shit. He was probably late for something.

He opened his eyes and stared at his brother. Concern was written all over Rory’s face. He glanced over his brother’s shoulder to see a crowd had gathered. Someone was holding an umbrella over them to keep the rain off his face. Didn’t matter, he was soaked to the bone, and shivering. Jordana squatted beside him.

“The ambulance is coming from the medical center,” she said. Just then, the emergency vehicle, lights flashing, arrived in the lane in front of the trucks. He slammed his lids shut to block out the sickening strobes. The crowd made room for the EMTs.

“I don’t need an ambulance. I’m fine,” he protested and then tried to get up, but Rory wouldn’t let him.

His head hurt. And his back. And… “Fine.”

The EMTs checked him over and put him on a gurney. He started to relax when it all came back to him in a rush. “Where’s Greer? Is she okay?” His heart pounded, and his ears rang in rhythm with the glaring ambulance lights. She had to be okay. The image of her in front of him and the car coming made his stomach revolt. He barely refrained from retching.

“I’m here.” Greer came out from behind an umbrella.

He stared at her, his eyes roaming over her entire body, making sure she was fine. “Are you okay?” he asked as they started wheeling him away. “Stop,” he snarled.

She nodded. “I’m okay,” she said but then someone jostled her, and she winced.

“Bring her, too,” Dalton demanded. “She’s hurt.” It was bad enough what happened to Moore, but there was no way in hell he would let anything happen to Greer. Not on his watch. He could not be responsible for that. It would kill him.

The EMT glanced at her and then nodded. They put him into the back of the ambulance and Greer climbed inside as well. The ride to the medical center took less than three minutes. They pulled the gurney with him on it out, and Greer walked after it.

The overhead lights glared into his eyes as they wheeled him into an area just behind the front desk. Once they moved him from the gurney to a bed someone pulled a curtain all the way around the exam space so he lost sight of Greer. The doctor, a tall balding man with a fringe of white hair, the same man who’d dealt with Moore’s death, shone a light in his eyes as he asked him. “How is your vision?”

“Can’t see anything but spots since you put the light in my eyes,” he groused.

“No double vision?” the doctor asked.

“No.”

“Do you feel nauseous?”

Dalton paused, assessing the state of his gut.

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