Thinking of Home by Maryann Jordan & Binge Read Babes

Author:Maryann Jordan & Binge Read Babes [Jordan, Maryann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-02T18:30:00+00:00

15

In the boring hospital’s surgical waiting room, Vicki perched uncomfortably on a chair with thin padding that bore the signs of extensive use and neglect. While only a step better than plain plastic or cold metal, it offered little comfort.

Leaning back, she closed her eyes and allowed her mind to drift to Ian, and a smile curved her lips for the first time that day. Ever since the night they’d had their first official date, their relationship had rekindled, and he was everything she remembered and more. He was funny, caring, and attentive. And inquisitive.

He’d related his grandfather’s remembrances from the night Mr. Noble died and asked if she was suspicious since the rehab had experienced several deaths. She’d been surprised at his question— more that it came from him instead of what he might be implying. Because secretly, she’d wondered the same thing. Now, she was even more concerned.

Sighing heavily, she leaned forward, placed her elbows on her knees, and rested her forehead against her hands. Right now, between her job, Miss Betty's surgery, upcoming recovery, and rehab, and her newfound blossoming relationship with Ian, thoughts of possible nefarious happenings at the VA rehab center were almost more than she could handle.

“Vicki?”

Her head jerked up as the orthopedic surgeon strode into the waiting room toward her, a wide smile on her face. She leaped to her feet and met her in the small room. “Is everything okay?”

The surgeon lifted her hands in a calming manner. “Mrs. McGillicuddy came through with flying colors. There were no complications, so once she gets out of post-op and recovery, we’ll send her to the rehab center tomorrow. As long as she does what I know she’ll do, she’ll be hard to stop with that new joint.”

Smiling in relief, she pressed her hands against her chest, gratitude pouring from her. “Thank you so much!”

“As you know, normally, we don’t let visitors in until the patient is fully in recovery, but since you’re used to post-op, you can head on back. The nurses will be expecting you.”

She rushed through her prep, scrubbed and gowned, and entered the room. Her feet stumbled to a halt for a second as she stared at Miss Betty lying on the hospital bed. She was pale, eyes closed, her thin hands lying on top of the sheet, purple bruising already started from the blood work she’d had. Blowing out a long breath, Vicki was certain she had made the right decision to separate from the Army when she did. Miss Betty had been there for her when she needed her most. And she planned on being there now as Miss Betty needed her.

She discovered long ago that family wasn’t always who you were born into. It was who took you into their lives, and you took them into your heart.

Hastening over, she chatted with the post-op recovery nurse and smiled when Miss Betty blinked her eyes. She spoke gently to help Miss Betty slowly wake up. Her phone vibrated in her pants pocket, and pulling it out, she read a text from Ian.

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