Taken by Surpise by Shanna Handel

Author:Shanna Handel [Handel, Shanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2016-10-26T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Lila sat in the stiff, plastic chair, staring at Luke’s sleeping face. His coloring was pale and he had a huge bandage covering his right shoulder. There was a brace around his neck. Lila couldn’t take her eyes off of him. She gently stroked his hand and arm. Everyone else had gone home for the night, once Luke had been moved out of intensive care, but Lila had refused. Lila had been sitting by his side for hours. She could feel herself nodding off, the stress of the day and brutal fatigue taking its toll on her.

“Lila,” Luke’s hoarse voice snapped her out of her daze.

“Luke, oh my gosh, Luke.” Lila flew out of her chair and leaned over him, smoothing a hand over his cheek. Luke lifted his good arm and tried to tuck a wave of hair behind her ear.

“Lila, Lila.” Luke coughed, wincing in pain as he did.

“Shh. Luke, don’t talk, just rest.” Lila buried her face in his chest. “Oh, Luke, I was so worried.”

Luke smiled weakly. “Never been better, beautiful.” Then he nodded back off to sleep.

Lila stood by his side, tears of joy streaming down her face. Hearing his voice, she knew what the doctors had told her was true. Luke was going to be fine. Recovery would take a few weeks, but luckily he was left handed, which would make the injury much easier to deal with.

There was a light tap at the door, then it opened gently and Sarah poked her head into the room. “Everything okay? I just wanted to check in before I clock out.”

“Yes, he woke up for a minute, we spoke, then he fell back asleep. Is it normal that he is sleeping so much?” Lila asked anxiously.

“He will be fine. He is on some pretty strong pain killers, and his body has experienced some trauma. He is going to be sleeping a lot.” Sarah stopped to read the board on the wall, listing the names of the doctors and nurses that were attending to Luke. “And he has a great team working for him.”

Lila’s curiosity got the best of her. “Sarah, how do you know Luke?”

“Small town, Lila. We all know everyone. Mostly though from Grace bragging about him all of time.” Sarah winked. “She loves her kids and she is especially proud of Luke’s character. He came in with her a few times over the last couple of months.”

“Came in with her?” Lila was confused to hear that Luke had been home recently.

Sarah blushed. “Oh, um, I’m sorry, Lila, I shouldn’t have said anything. I don’t want to breach Grace’s privacy.” Sarah hurried to the door, calling “take care” over her shoulder as she quietly closed it.

Lila couldn’t worry about this now. Her only focus was on Luke’s recovery. She sat back down in her chair, head propped against the wall and fell fast asleep.

Lila relished how good it felt to have finally taken a shower, as she dried her hair with a fluffy white towel.

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