The Ruby (The Hidden Gems Book 1) by R. Getsee

Author:R. Getsee [Getsee, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Covey Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

14

Alex

My head pounded like a jackhammer as people talked around me. Cool hands reached over to hold back my hair as I heaved, before I flopped down onto the bed with my eyes closed. When I finally forced them open and sat up, I was overcome by another wave of nausea.

As people crowded around me, I held my hands out in an attempt to ward them off. I desperately tried to remember why the hell I was once again in the hospital before memories rushed back, and I gasped, jerking upright.

We had been in the mall before Emi and I had been attacked. The headache and throwing up made sense now. In my disoriented state, I thought it had been because of my latest vision, but as I reached to probe the back of my head, I winced as my fingers grazed over a large lump of tender flesh.

I obviously had a concussion from someone hitting me over the head with what felt like a large building. I’m getting really sick of getting knocked out and waking up in the damn hospital.

“Miss Morgan?” Someone reached over, lifting my eyelids as they shone a flashlight in my eyes, making me flinch at the sudden brightness. “Can you tell me what your name is?”

“Alexia Morgan.” My tongue felt thick in my mouth, and my words came out jumbled.

I tried blinking a few times to clear my vision before my eyes landed on a man standing over my bed in a white doctor’s coat. He turned to the nurse behind him and murmured a couple of things to him, which he quickly jotted down on a chart in his hands before he turned to leave.

“Miss Morgan, I’ll be back soon with the results of your scan. Please try to rest. If you need anything, press the call button beside your bed,” the doctor said before he exited the room, leaving me alone with a pile of questions.

I whipped my head around as I heard a loud screech, like a cat being strangled.

“Alex!” The high-pitched shriek sounded again as Emi came into view in the open doorway.

She practically ran into the room before throwing her arms around me in a tight hug that restricted my airways. I choked as I tried to pry myself from her arms. The girl was freakishly strong, though, and held on until I was pretty sure my face turned red from lack of oxygen.

“Sorry…” She cringed, loosening her grip a little to allow me to breathe. “Are you okay? Please be okay.”

“I’m fine,” I croaked out, wincing at the raspy whisper of my parched throat.

Grabbing a plastic cup from the bedside table, I took a long drought of water to quench my thirst as I looked around at the stark blue and white of the sterile walls and listened to the hustle of busy workers and the beeping of monitors in surrounding rooms.

Clearing my throat, I tried once again. “I’m alright, how about you? The last thing I remember was a couple of guys jumping us in the mall parking lot.

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