Dante's Decision (Heroes for Hire Book 28) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773367705
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2023-03-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Laura stayed in the hospital room beside her son, until he fell asleep. After several attempts to get a hold of Dante, she wasn’t getting any replies. When her phone finally rang, she heard him on the other end, yelling at her.

“Are you okay? Laura! Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine.” She frowned into the phone. “What’s wrong?”

“Oh, thank God. Just for a moment there, I had this terrible feeling.”

“I don’t know what could possibly go wrong,” she muttered. “I’m still here at the hospital.”

“And how’s Peter?”

“He’s okay. He’s sleeping again. I’m sure it’s the pain meds pulling him under all the time.”

“Yeah, so I guess that’s good.”

She heard the sound of the truck engine through the phone.

“I’m on my way to you.”

“Fine, but no need to panic. I’m here. Don’t rush and end up in an accident.”

“No, not gonna happen.”

“Did you find the guy, by the way?”

“I sure did,” he muttered. “I’ll be there in a minute.”

And, with that, she put away her phone. She looked up at to see someone walking in. Aurora. Laura stared at her and then jumped to her feet and walked over. “Oh my God, I haven’t seen you in ages.”

“I know.” Aurora reached out for a hug. “I wasn’t even sure if I should stop in. But I recognized your voice when I was going by, and I poked my head in and realized it really was you.”

“What are you doing here?” Laura asked.

“My father was just getting some tests done,” she shared, “and I’ve sent him home now. I wanted a chance to talk to the doctor in private.” She sighed. “That’s not easy to do.”

“I know,” Laura agreed. “I still have yet to see the doctor.”

Aurora looked over at Peter in the bed and asked, “Oh, isn’t that your brother?”

Not knowing what else to say, Laura nodded. “Yeah,” she muttered. “He met up with the wrong people last night.”

At that, her friend stared at her. “Oh my, I am sorry. He’s always been a bit of a handful, hasn’t he?”

Realizing that there had been more than a few times that Laura had expressed the same sentiments to Aurora, Laura nodded. “Yeah, I was hoping that he would grow out of it.”

“We can always hope. Sometime it’s almost like they don’t care,” she said, raising both hands. “My brother was like that.”

“I don’t remember your having a brother,” Laura noted, surprised.

“That’s because he’s been gone a long time,” she said, with a shrug. “It sucks.”

“Hey, we’ve both had a few rough years.”

“You’re not kidding,” she agreed. “After Richard died, I was kind of lost.” And then she flushed. “I probably shouldn’t even say anything because you lost him as well.”

“Richard and I had already broken up,” she said dismissively. “I had absolutely no contact with him, so no tears there.”

“None?” her friend asked.

“No, none. Why?” Laura asked.

“I was pretty sure he contacted you.” She frowned in thought. “Or maybe he mentioned how he would contact you.”

“I don’t know. If he did, he never got through.

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