Breaking the Ice: A Sweet Small Town Hockey Romcom: Part of: Love on Thin Ice (7 books) by Whitney Dineen

Author:Whitney Dineen [Dineen, Whitney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Ellie

The ER doctor pushes the curtain surrounding my mom’s bed to the side before announcing, “The CT scan came back inconclusive. As such, I’d like to keep her overnight to rule out the possibility of stroke.” I immediately start to panic. I never considered she might have had a stroke.

Lying on her makeshift bed, my mom tells me, “Go home. I’ll be fine.”

“I don’t want to go home.”

“Don’t you have lessons today?” she asks.

Shaking my head, I tell her, “The rink is closed today and tomorrow to get ready for the press conference tomorrow.”

My mom shifts her attention to the doctor. “You’ll call my daughter if you have any concerns, won’t you?”

“Of course,” she says. “We’re keeping you out of an abundance of precaution. We can also help you get around easier here.” She smiles at me. “I promise your mom is in great hands and we’ll alert you if anything suspicious comes up.”

I’m about to tell them that I’m going to stay and nothing they can say will change my mind, when Zach nudges me. He whispers, “We can use the time to get things ready for when your mom comes home.”

That’s all the encouragement I need. “Fine, Mom, but only if you promise not to be a hero and will call me for any reason. Even if you just want me to make you a sandwich.”

Her eyes droop. “I promise. Now, get going.”

As Zach and I walk out of the room, I tell him, “I don’t like this. I should stay.”

“Let’s see what changes we can make to your house that will help your mom.”

“I already have a bar on her bed. She has a walker and a lift chair. What more can I do?”

“Is there a shower handle?” he asks.

“Yes.”

“Is there a toilet seat lift?”

“I didn’t even know those were a thing.” I briefly wonder if Mom’s fall might have been avoided had she not had as far to sit down.

“Let’s go to the medical supply store,” Zach says. “I’m sure they have a lot of things neither of us know about.”

Even though I know that’s not his intention, I tell him, “You’re making it sound like I’ve been a bad caretaker.”

Leading the way through the automatic doors to the parking lot, Zach says, “Not at all, Ellie. Most people don’t know what’s out there until they need it. Needs must, you know?” He opens the passenger side door for me. “Where’s the store?”

“I don’t know.” I take my phone out of my purse before asking for the nearest place. I’m not surprised to hear it’s thirty minutes away. Maple Falls isn’t exactly a big place. “It’s a few towns over,” I tell Zach. “I can go by myself.”

“No way. I’m going with you,” he says after getting into the driver’s side.

“Why?”

“Why not?”

“Don’t you have work to do?” I ask.

“No.”

“I find that hard to believe.” Although, I am truly grateful for the company, so I don’t give him any more trouble.

I turn the radio on to my favorite station and sing along quietly most of the way there.

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