Matters to Me: A Football Romance (The Hart Series Book 4) by M.E. Carter

Author:M.E. Carter [Carter, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M.E. Carter
Published: 2020-07-15T18:30:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

Heath

Slamming my truck into park, I race through the parking lot and practically run over the woman who steps out in front of me just as I step onto the sidewalk.

“Oof!” We try to avoid each other at the last second, which only causes us both to lose our balance, so I grab her by the arms, keeping us upright.

“I’m so sorry, Heath. I didn’t see you.”

“How is she? Is she okay?”

I swear Annika’s brow furrows just slightly, but I don’t have time to ask about the expression. All I know is what Jaxon texted me.

Lauren fell. She’s hurt bad. Heading to the ER.

It was way too cryptic for my liking, and I haven’t been able to reach him since, despite my multiple calls.

“She’s gonna be okay,” Annika responds, shoving her phone in her pocket. “I came out here to call her mom since we can’t get reception in there.” That explains the lack of response but doesn’t ease my immediate concerns. “We’re just waiting to see what Lauren wants to do, and if she wants her mom here or not. You never know with her.”

All good information, but not what I need right now.

“Okay, but what’s wrong?” I demand. “Concussion or surgical? She didn’t break her neck, did she?” I suck in a breath, my hands cradling my head as thoughts of paralysis and brain bleeds go racing through my mind.

“What?” Annika looks confused now. “It’s nothing like that. I told Jaxon to text you. What exactly did he say?”

Grabbing my phone, I open up the message and turn it around for her to see.

Annika quickly reads it and rolls her eyes at his lack of information. “No wonder you’re freaking out. We probably need to have a sit-down conversation about how to appropriately text during a semi-emergency if we’re going to keep hanging out with athletes.” Taking a deep breath, she puts her hands up defensively. She almost looks like she’s trying to calm a caged animal, which, if I’m being honest, I kind of feel like right now. “First, calm down. There is no life-threatening or life-altering injury.”

My body relaxes a bit. I’m still amped up from adrenaline and not knowing what’s happening, but at least I have reassurance that whatever it is can be fixed. And that I can punch Jax in the nuts later for not leading with the important parts like, “She’s going to be fine.”

“We’re pretty sure she doesn’t need surgery. It’s kind of a wait and see for now.”

“But what’s actually wrong?”

“It happened so fast. You know that floor routine she’s been working on?”

I nod because that damn routine seems to be at the center of almost every part of my life these days, or at least two of the most important things—Lauren’s stress and my dating life.

“I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but she landed that tumbling pass wrong,” Annika continues. “Got all the way to the front flip thing and ended up on her butt, holding her leg.”

“Oh shit. Ankle?”

She shakes her head and guides me back through the sliding doors into the building.

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