The Sage and Dash Cozy Mystery Series by Molly Dox

Author:Molly Dox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, cozy mysteries, mystery, female protaganist, amateur sleuth, mysteries, cat, diner, small town mystery
Publisher: Molly Dox Books
Published: 2017-06-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

There was no time to react. She stepped into the street, her head down as she texted a message in reply. The car laid on the horn, but it was too late. Everything was a blur, and then there was blackness. She heard sirens. Maybe her name. Was that her name? Was she dreaming it? Was somebody talking to her?

Alyssa opened her eyes. Nothing was clear, it was simply a jumble of lights, people, and noises. Everything hurt. She couldn’t move. She closed her eyes and opened them again, trying to make sense of the words people were saying. An ambulance. It was moving. She blinked and the figure above her came a little more into focus.

“Hey, don’t try to move. You were in an accident. We’re on the way to the hospital. You’re going to be okay. Is there anybody we should notify?”

Alyssa tried to speak, but the word came out like a whisper.

The paramedic leaned in closer. “Try again.”

“Rosie,” she said. “I need Rosie.”

She couldn’t remember details, but was now in a hospital bed. She didn’t hurt, but hurt earlier. Trying to focus, she saw the IV drip. Pain medication was probably keeping her comfortable. She looked at her body. It felt foreign. Her mother was sleeping in the chair by her bed. Her mother of all people. She asked for Rosie, right? That much she remembered. Her mother was the last person she wanted to see.

A nurse came in to check on her. Alyssa watched her work. She took her vitals, checked her fluids, and told her a friend stopped by earlier to see her. “You’ve been sleeping quite a bit, but should get to go home in a few days. The sooner you’re up and moving again, the better.”

Moving. She wanted to tell Rosie she’d changed her mind about moving. She’d met someone, somebody really nice at a local tavern the next town over, and was thinking about sticking around. What was his name again? She hated how her memory was sketchy, but figured the medication was doing that. Matt, right? Matt something or other, Anderson, no Adams. Matt Adams. He was a little older than her, but they’d really hit it off the other night. Funny how those things happen. Only a night after she thought of moving, she met the man that could very well be her Mr. Right, or at least Mr. Right Now. He was a businessman with so many adventurous stories and made her laugh like she hadn’t laughed in ages. And when he kissed her, only after asking her permission, she about melted right on the spot.

Alyssa fell asleep again, drifting on dreams of her new love interest.

Rosie stopped in the room, but found Alyssa sleeping. She left a note on her bedside table. Thankfully, Alyssa’s mother was sleeping too. She wasn’t interested in polite conversation, not today.

Alyssa was lucky to be alive. Rosie’s heart plummeted to her stomach on hearing the news of the accident. Of all the people in the world, Alyssa was her best friend.

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