Untwist by Coopmans Kathy

Author:Coopmans, Kathy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Logan

“Logan, I’m going to need you to step away from the bed. I’ll let you and Lane know when you can come back into the room.”

The doctor places his hand on my uninjured shoulder, giving it a little reassuring squeeze. I’ve lost count of how many times he’s done this. Every time Lane and I walk out, we slump against the wall, both lost in thought. This time though, I’m not going anywhere.

I don’t answer. Instead, I shove up from the chair, and settle my ass on the floor directly across from the bed, leaning my head against the wall, my fingers already angry from the loss of holding Ellie’s hand.

Ellie shouldn’t be lying here in our bed cocooned in cold compresses that the doctor, Renita, and Norah are changing about every fifteen minutes, running a fever, a rash that, thank God has started to fade from what Lane said, and the doctor confirmed from bloodwork is heroin.

She should be sleeping peacefully in my arms is what she should be doing — having sweet, sweet dreams.

The beating she took to her backside isn’t as bad as I’d thought it would be. Still, she’s going to be hurting. That, plus, the fact remains, Shadow whipped her, punched, and hell if I know what else.

I shake my head — clearing the tiredness from my mind. I’m exhausted, mentally and physically drained, but I’m not closing my eyes or thinking about anything else until she wakes.

Norah and Renita appear at the door with more wet towels; eyes troubled as they take in the doctor who starts to remove the previous ones giving us a view of Ellie’s backside. There are a couple of spots where her flesh is gaping open; a few will likely leave scars. Physically, she’ll recover. It’s the traumatization to her mind that scares me more than anything.

Fearful tears form in the back of my throat. I hold them in, saying nothing as I hold my breath, hoping Ellie would wake this time when the doctor looks her over.

She doesn’t move at all, the same when Renita and Norah cleaned her up. If it weren’t for the rise and fall of her back, I’d think she was dead.

Once the doctor moves to the other side of the bed, I move right back to the same spot and cup one side of her battered face.

Angling my head, I gently glide my hand down until I hit that fluttering pulse in her neck. It’s slower than usual, but it’s there. Vibrating to let me know she’s alive.

I take in her slightly parted mouth as it blows out slight wisps of air. She’s so out of it in her fragile state it frightens the fuck out of me. Her gorgeous face took the worst of it.

After seeing how badly she was covered in bruises and blood when Lane rushed through the door, up the stairs and laid her on the bed. The way the doctor started working on her right away, the

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