Rite of Redemption (Acceptance Book 3) by Negovetich Sarah

Author:Negovetich, Sarah [Negovetich, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00

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The nurse by the door points me back toward Eric’s room, and I follow the long hallway to the back of the building that Blue River uses as a medical facility. I rap my knuckles on the door and push it open at Eric’s request.

Elizabeth stands and fusses with Eric’s blanket. She must read the look on my face. “I’m going to grab something to eat.”

We both watch her leave in silence.

“Hey there, gimpy.” I pull a chair up to the side of his bed and sit down. “Thought I’d come see how you’re doing.”

“Pretty beat up, but they tell me I’ll live.” Eric smiles, but it looks more like a grimace.

“So what’s the official word?”

“Broken tibia and a deep tissue bruise on my hip. My wrist is sprained, and there’s a chance I cracked a rib.” Eric points to the IV in the crook of his arm. “They’ve got pretty good meds here, though, so at least I’m not in constant pain.”

“That’s good.” I stare at the wall behind Eric’s head, not sure what to say. I didn’t come over here with a purpose. I just needed to not be alone with my thoughts. We both sit in comfortable silence, except for the steady beep of a monitor hooked up to Eric’s chest.

A nurse comes in, checks his IV, and leaves again without a word.

“We’re leaving for Mexico in the morning.”

Eric shifts slightly, bringing a quick grimace of pain to his face. “I’m sorry I won’t be there for you. Though I guess I haven’t been the best travel companion. You guys are probably better off leaving me here.”

“That’s not even close to true.” I reach for his hand but pull back, afraid to hurt him. “You were the only one who believed in this mission. If not for you, I’d have given up ages ago. I know things haven’t always been great between us, but I wish you were going, too. You’re the one person around here I know I can trust with my life.”

“Well, I should hope so since you’ve done it plenty of times before.”

“Back in the PIT?” I wave my hand at him. “That wasn’t trust. I didn’t have a choice. It was either follow you or die. But I have choices now. And I would put my life in your hands without a second of hesitation.”

“Why? What’s different now?”

I stare at his face as if the answer is hidden in the details there. “I don’t know. There isn’t a specific time when I went from not trusting you to trusting you completely. I guess we’re both different people than we used to be.”

Eric reaches out with his fingers and wraps them around mine. “I’m glad I can be that person for you. You deserve to be surrounded with people you can trust.”

“I wish that was the reality.” I scoot my chair a little closer to the head of the bed. “Do you trust John David?”

Eric scrunches his face in concentration, and then slowly shakes his head back and forth.

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