Unsteady in Love by Harlow Layne

Author:Harlow Layne [Layne, Harlow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-950044-02-3
Publisher: A Girl and Her Dog, LLC
Published: 2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

21

PRUE

For the past few days, my home was the waiting room of the hospital in Germany. Holden still refused to see me, but I was not going to give up. There was no way in hell I was leaving, even if I had to stay in the waiting room the entire time.

The nurses had taken pity on me. They’d brought me a blanket, pillow, and scrubs to change into. Every day, they’d let Holden know I was still there, and every day he told them he didn’t want to see me. He’d asked that they didn’t relay any information on him. As they looked at me with pity in their eyes, I stopped asking. With Holden refusing to see me, all I had time to do was think. Think about what had happened and how he was injured. I knew he’d had surgery but not why.

My imagination had run away from me thinking the worst things possible. I knew it wasn’t good, otherwise Holden would have been taken back to the states. My thoughts ranged from him being only a torso to his entire body being burned. Being burned made sense as to why Holden didn’t want me to see him. Each day I waited, the angrier I got. I had a feeling that was Holden’s intent. He wanted me to get pissed-off and leave.

But it didn’t matter to me if he was burned all over his body. Yes, Holden was beyond handsome, but I didn’t fall in love with his looks. I fell in love with the man he was, and it was going to take a lot more than him pushing me away to make me stop loving him. If I hadn’t stopped when he left me, I sure as hell wasn’t going to stop now.

The nurses urged me to leave if only for a few minutes. To get out and take a walk, have a real meal, or a shower, but I couldn’t leave. What if Holden changed his mind and wanted to see me while I was gone?

After a week, with a crick in my neck, I was over giving Holden his space. I needed to see him. I needed to see him with my own eyes to know that he was okay. After that, I could leave.

I stopped by the vending machine to grab a bag of chips when I heard Holden’s name. I inched closer trying to hear a little better, but when I turned the corner they were gone. My gaze flicked up and down the hall. No one was around, and I took the opportunity to venture further into the hospital. A nurse passed by, and I held my breath, but she didn’t stop me. No one stopped me as I slowly took in my surroundings and inched down the hallway. At each door, I read the name and continued on until I was standing in front of a room marked H. Montgomery. With shaky hands, I looked both ways, making sure the coast was clear before I turned the knob and slipped inside.

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