This Time by Marie Hall

Author:Marie Hall [Hall, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College
Amazon: B00KA0JEHU
Barnesnoble: B00KA0JEHU
Goodreads: 21977141
Publisher: Marie Hall
Published: 2014-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Tor

We got up bright and early the next morning, both of us wanting to get back to Austin so I could take her to the hospital. Now that I was here, I was driving her back. I didn’t want to let her out of my sight again.

We pulled into the city limits just a little past ten in the morning and walked into the ER thirty minutes later.

Her skin looked paler this morning, but I hadn’t asked her if she’d bled any more. But she’d come out of the bathroom fighting tears and shaking. It broke my heart to see her that way, and made me feel completely helpless and useless.

I was getting her seated when a nurse came out and called her back to check her vitals.

She looked at me.

“Go, let me call Zoe and Zander and let them know I could be gone for several hours today.”

“Charming, are you sure?” She gripped my hand.

It warmed me how easily those pet names now slipped from her tongue. Our stay in that room last night had changed the dynamics of our relationship. It’d been hard to share as I had, but I’m grateful I did. I still worried about Angel and the influence he had on her life, but I was determined to see this through.

“Ms. Sullivan,” the nurse repeated impatiently.

Jamie stood.

“Yes, I’ll be right here when you come back out.”

Nodding, she wrapped the ivory cardigan tighter around her and marched into the back room.

Getting up, I walked outside and made the phone calls. Told Zoe to cover my shift, which she was all too happy to do. Ryko was pissed as fuck, but he’d get over it. The business was a quarter mine, so he could just chill. This was the first time in eight years that I’d called out last minute like this.

Zander, on the other hand…

“Fuck, man,” he snarled. “You know we’ve got the gig next week and you still don’t have the rhythm down. You need to be here tonight for practice.”

“Look, dude,” I tunneled my fingers through my hair, “my girl needs me. I don’t give a fuck about that gig right now.”

“Tor, I know Fok is your brainchild, but this shit has got to stop. You’ve been flaking ever since you got with that stupid chick.”

Fire built in my bones. “Say another word about her and I swear to God you’ll regret it.”

He growled. “You know what I mean. She’s just some pussy, man, you’ve got to decide what’s more important. The band or the girl. Cause this shit’s important.”

“Zander, you’re a great guitar player, and you write the best lyrics around, but you’re right, this is my band and I won’t hesitate to kick your ass out of it.”

“You don’t mean that. We’re about to hit the next level, man.”

“Yeah, and I told you I wasn’t in this shit to get there. You contacted that promoter, you got us that gig, local, that’s what I told all of you from the beginning. So don’t act surprised that I’m not on board with it.

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