Slattery's Sin by Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Author:Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, suspense, contemporary, united states, mystery suspense, spicy romance, hollywood romance
Publisher: World Castle Publishing, LLC

Chapter Nine

Bright light seared into his consciousness, and Slattery lifted one hand to block it. He struggled to sit up and someone prevented the action with a firm hand. “Sir, don’t move. You may have some serious injuries.”

His head ached like hell and his leg screamed with pain, but Slattery knew he was essentially fine. “Bullshit,” he said in a hoarse croak, then coughed hard. “Let me up.”

“Sir, you shouldn’t move. You’re next in line after the accident victims have been loaded into the ambulances. You need to be checked out at a hospital by professionals.”

“No.”

A paramedic attempted to put an oxygen mask over his nose and Slattery slapped it away. “Get that fucking thing away from me. I’m going home. Where’s my lady? Sabetha?”

“I’m right here, Pride.”

It intensified his headache to focus but he did, and her face, taut with concern, came into view. “Help me up from this gurney,” he said.

Sabetha clutched his hand in hers. “Are you sure? You passed out and you may be hurt…”

“I’m damn sure,” he said through gritted teeth. “No fucking hospital. I’ve seen the inside of enough hospitals, and I’m not going unless it’s critical. And it’s not.”

Some of the worry in her eyes faded and she smiled, an ironic expression, then snorted. “All right, Slattery. You had to be the hero again. You’re one stubborn son of a bitch and I hope you’re as tough as you think you are, but I think you really should get checked out at the hospital.”

She peeled away the blanket tucked around his legs and fumbled him upright.

“Dizzy?”

“Naw,” he said although the world titled and spun like a merry-go-round.

“Sir, I can’t let you…”

Slattery knew the drill. He’d refused medical assistance before. “Yeah, you can and will. I’ll sign a release if you want, but I’m outta here.”

After resisting a few more halfhearted arguments, he did. Fifteen minutes later, after a long limp to where he’d parked the car, Slattery slid behind the wheel. “Let’s go home, honey.”

Her blue eyes gazed at him, still worried but also calm. “Can you drive?”

“I think so. You’re not up for the traffic, are you?”

She shuddered but said, “I doubt it, but I can do it if I have to. I’ll be a nervous wreck and we’ll go snail-pace slow, but I’ll get us somewhere eventually.”

Damned if she didn’t mean it, he thought. “I’m sure you could, but I can drive. I’m okay, Sabetha.”

“You could’ve fooled me,” she said. For the first time, a couple of tears trailed down her face. “You scared me to death, Slattery. First running into the middle of a wreck, then pulling those people out, then falling over like a toppled tree. I didn’t know if I should scream or just yell ‘timber’.”

Slattery laughed. His shoulder and arm muscles twinged. He would be very sore by morning. “Honey, you’re amazing. Most gals would be crying all over me, clinging to me like a baby possum to its mamma, and you’re cracking jokes.”

A muffled sob came from her throat and she began weeping hard.

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