Ride the Storm by Geri Foster

Author:Geri Foster [Foster, Geri]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Standing outside a trashy medical center where more words were scribbled in Spanish on the big square windows than English, Alec jammed his hands in his pocket and paced, waiting for the place to open. Several women with young children were gathered at the entrance, waiting as well. A Mexican man sat on the sidewalk cradling an obviously broken arm, and a kid nearby kept coughing his head off.

Soon, a woman the size of a small tank opened the door. She was dirty, smelly, and her black hair hung down in oily strands. She wore a pair of over-stretched pants, a baggy, stained shirt and house slippers. Great first impression. He didn’t know if he wanted to go inside for medical treatment or not. Maybe he’d be better off going to a regular doctor.

He took out his cell phone and searched for a cleaner, more sanitary place to be treated. He feared he might catch HIV or herpes from a place like this. He’d just have to lie his ass off if he went to a legit place, but he was good at that. Decision made, he got in his car and drove away. After several minutes of fighting the clogged up freeway, he exited near a hospital and allowed his GPS to direct him to a medical facility. It was a vast improvement over the last place. Cleaner for sure, and more what a medical facility should look like in his opinion.

He’d debated all night about seeking medical help but, in the end, his pain was too much. He constantly fought off panic attacks from not being able to breathe and the scratches on his face made him uncomfortable. Not to mention, the pounding going on inside his head. Even the sun bothered him.

Hunkered down in his hoodie, he went to the desk and asked to see a doctor. The woman eyed him suspiciously before slipping five sheets of paperwork to fill out under the glass partition. With pen in hand, he lied about everything on the pages. He used the same name he’d used in Rainwater because that was the only fake ID he had. Hopefully, no one would check.

In the end, he waited over two hours in a room full of people coughing, sniffing, throwing up in trash cans, and gripping injured body parts. What a pathetic situation. Finally, they called his name, and he stood and walked through a maze of corridors before finally being put in a small room at the very back of the building.

“A nurse will be with you shortly.”

Settling in for another long wait, he leaned back on the table and dozed, awaking only when the door opened. A cute little thing walked in and he smiled. She had beautiful, long, black curly hair, dark mysterious eyes, and a sweet little body he’d love to crawl all over.

He sat up and cleared his throat. The girl wearily gazed in his direction and pressed a button by the door. “Hello, Mr. Jones,” she said.

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