Matt - The Black Tuxedos MC by Darlene Tallman

Author:Darlene Tallman [Tallman, Darlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darlene Tallman
Published: 2020-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

Mandie

They took Aria down for another chest X-ray because the doctor wanted to make sure what he was hearing was accurate, so I’m sitting here, twiddling my thumbs, when Shayla and Corrie walk into the room. “Hey, y’all. What are you doing here?”

“Matt called and told Reese what happened. How is she? Where is she?” Corrie asks, glancing at the empty bed.

“She’s getting another X-ray,” I reply.

“You couldn’t go with her?” Shayla questions, sitting in one of the other chairs.

“She was still somewhat sedated from her blood gas test, so they promised to hurry,” I say.

“How are you holding up?” Corrie asks.

I sigh. “This isn’t our first rodeo, but it’s been the worst one so far. She’s got pneumonia and I don’t know if the asthma exacerbated that or vice versa,” I admit. “I’m exhausted and scared out of my mind. She finally has insurance through the state, but I just know it’s not going to cover everything and that means that I’ll need to put in more hours to make a dent in what’s left.”

“What do you mean it won’t cover everything?” Shayla questions. “I thought that Texas had a good Medicaid program.”

“They do and if I had filled out the forms correctly to begin with, last year’s visit, as well as Beau’s birth, would have been covered. But she had a few bad episodes, plus with him being a newborn, I had my hands full. By the time I looked at the paperwork and realized I had done something wrong and fixed it, the appeal period had lapsed. They’re letting me pay off the balances, but I’m positive that this hospital visit will have ‘something’ they won’t cover that’ll end up adding to what I owe them.” I feel my shoulders slump, my excitement over the slight windfall I got after my last semester tuition was paid fading fast. “I’ll be working until I’m ninety.”

“No, you won’t.” Matt’s voice is firm and unyielding. I glance up to see him standing in the doorway, his arms laden with bags.

“What do you mean?” I stammer out, watching as he sets the bags down that he carried into the room. I see him pull out a portable DVD player and put it on the table tray, then lay three movies alongside it. “What did you do, Matt?” I question, my voice barely above a whisper.

“Just picked a few things up is all,” he replies.

“Looks like more than a few things,” I admonish, glaring at him then the bags that are from the local department store. “I don’t remember anything on my list coming from there.”

He walks closer to me and leans down before he whispers, “Sweetheart, you needed some things and I wanted you to have them.” Shame engulfs me at his words. I have one good bra left, which I happen to be wearing and it never crossed my mind when he went to get the stuff for me and Aria that he would see my stuff. Stupid, stupid, stupid. “Get whatever’s in your head out of there, Mandie,” he demands.

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