The Fall Groom by Alexa Riley

Author:Alexa Riley
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Eleven

Gracie

A bit of relief fills me when I see Donovan standing in the waiting area of the emergency room. He beat me to the hospital, and I try not to cry as I rush over toward him. As soon as he sees me, he comes straight to me and wraps me in his arms. His hold is tight and makes me feel safe.

“The doctor is going to be out in a second.” I lift my head from where I’ve buried it in his chest, breathing in his familiar comforting smell. “They didn’t want to tell me anything, but I demanded to speak to someone,” he says before I can ask how he got any information.

“Thank you.”

He leans down and kisses me gently on my forehead. My sweet man who would barely leave the house is showing up once again for me. I lay my head back against his chest and soak in the comfort. I’m so used to being the one to take care of my dad alone. It’s nice to have someone already finding answers and taking control.

I know my dad doesn’t mean for it to be that way with us. He looks after me too, but when it comes to his health, I’m more on top of it than he is. It has me wondering if over the past few days I’ve dropped the ball in some way.

I try to recall if I stocked the fridge or if he didn’t have the right food. Had I forgotten and he’d gone out and gotten something he shouldn’t have? Maybe he overdid it with sweets and then possibly overdid it again with his insulin.

My mind is racing and wondering where I might have gone wrong. I don’t think I asked him for his numbers this morning like I always do when I’m making our coffee. Guilt starts to weigh me down as I replay our conversation.

“Gracie!” I lift my head to see Evy rushing in through the hospital doors. Her face is blotchy and her eyes red like she’s been crying. I’m sure I look the same way. “Have you heard anything? Lindsey called me,” she admits. I was wondering how she found out my dad was here. Lindsey works at the police station, and they’re cousins.

“No, we haven't heard anything,” I reply.

We all turn when the doors that go into the back of the emergency room open. The doctor along with our neighbor Rider comes walking out. Rider was the one who called 911. My father and Rider sometimes work on old cars together. I’m so thankful they had plans this afternoon or who knows when I might have come home to find my dad. With all the time I’ve been spending with Donovan, I’m not sure when that could have been. Oh god, I don’t even want to think about it.

“He’s okay,” Rider says the second he spots me.

“He’ll be okay,” the doctor agrees. “I’m Doctor Wilton.” He holds his hand out for me to take.

He takes mine and then Donovan’s.

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