Worth Every Risk by Laine Terri E. & Hargrove A.M

Author:Laine, Terri E. & Hargrove, A.M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Andi

A week flies by in no time. The moms and Violet surprised me with a birthday cake that Violet helped make. It was just the four of us because Chase had been away at a game. I’m sorry when it’s time to say goodbye to our moms. After they are gone, the house seems empty, especially when Violet is sleeping as she is now. I go and check on her because she’s usually up by now. When I brush her hair from her face, her skin is warm. Immediately, I find the thermometer and swipe it across her head.

“What’s going on?”

Chase must have heard me frantically rooting through Violet’s bathroom. When I glance back, I find him in the doorway with an arm resting on the frame.

“She’s running a low-grade fever,” I say, turning my attention back to my little one.

He scratches his head. “She had a slight one several days before you arrived.”

I snap my head around.

“What?” I have to stop myself and lead him out of the room. I don’t want to fight in front of her in case she wakes up. “You didn’t tell me,” I accuse.

“My mom and yours said it was fine. They gave her the Tylenol you packed and she was good.”

He’s clueless about how betrayed I feel.

“But you didn’t tell me!” Anger boils in me.

“They thought with everything you had going on, they didn’t want to worry you.”

“But she’s my daughter.”

Chase’s jaw ticks. “She’s my daughter too. And I didn’t know about her first word or when she took her first step.”

It feels like a slap. I step back, reining in my temper. He’s right. He’s missed so much. What right do I have to call him out on not telling me something? I soften my tone.

“Can we just agree to share information like this? I am a nurse. I need to know when she’s sick.”

He nods and takes a second. “Is she going to be okay?”

Sighing, I say, “I think so. It’s probably just a reaction to being in a new place with new germs. She’ll be fine.”

In the back of my head, I make a mental note of a possible pattern. If she gets another fever, we will take her to a doctor to get checked out.

Chase walks away and awkwardly, I head back to my room. I don’t know what to do around this man anymore. We used to be friends and could talk about everything under the sun. Now, he feels like a stranger.

Then I remember his words and go find the things I brought for him. After I have them, I search for him in the house, but he’s not anywhere. I knock on his room door.

He opens it, shirtless. For a second, I forget the entire English language. The man is perfection. His defined muscles beg to be touched. I swallow hard, gulping down air.

“Do you need me?”

That is such a loaded question. My body is on high alert, recognizing him as someone who could light it on fire.

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