The Last Shot by Sara Hubbard

Author:Sara Hubbard [Hubbard, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult, Second Chances, Romance
ISBN: 9780992091279
Publisher: Sara Hubbard
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

13

ANNIE

Manny holds onto his IV pole with one hand and a cigarette with the other as he stands on the sidewalk outside of the hospital.

“What the hell?” I say to myself as I pull into the parkade. Once I squeeze my car into a too-small parking spot, I storm outside and shout at him when he’s within hearing distance.

“What the hell are you doing out here?” I shout as I approach him.

He flicks the cigarette onto the grass and turns to me as a cloud of smoke escapes his smiling lips. He’s in his gown with a plaid fleece jacket over top and some unlaced work boots. He must be freezing.

I fold my arms across my chest to block out the chill and to work through my frustration. “You’re going to freeze out here like this. And smoking? Seriously? You can’t wait until they release you?

“Don’t lecture me, Annie. I was jonesing so hard. Seriously, I couldn’t stop shaking and now I feel relaxed and my pain is better.”

I sniff the air. Fucking pot. I shake my head at him. “Come on.” I take hold of the pole and we walk side by side to the front doors, the pot smell growing stronger when we’re boxed into the elevator.

“How was your date?” Manny asked, giving me a sly sideways glance. He nudges me with his elbow and waggles his eyebrows.

I frown at him. “Fine. And it wasn’t a date.”

“Wasn’t it?”

“No, Manny,” I say with a sigh. “It wasn’t.”

“And it was just fine?”

“It was better than fine, okay.”

“Hmm. Dr. Dreamy was cranky with me this morning. He must not like sharing you.”

“You’re an asshole.”

He laughs out loud. “I don’t even try. It just comes natural to me.”

“I have no doubt.”

The elevator doors ding and open, a handful of people come onboard, and an old woman with hair dyed a subtle shade of pink gets on and soon turns to glance at Manny, crinkling her nose.

He licks his lips and winks at her, all obvious-like. She turns back around and though I roll my eyes at him, I can’t help but chuckle. One of these days some girl is going to come along and the tables will be turned. Instead of breaking hearts, his will do the breaking and it might be good for him. Might make him smarten up a bit. But I do love him like this. I’m just glad I’ve never dated him. In some ways, he and his brother are miles apart.

We stroll by the nurse’s station and Claire glances up at him and waves.

“Hey, beautiful,” he says, playful.

“What the hell am I going to do with you?” I say.

“Are you looking for suggestions?”

Resisting the urge to smack him, I manage to get him back in bed, taking off his boots so he doesn’t have to bend over and do it himself. His eyes are bloodshot now and the grin on his face is constant. God help me. He’s totally stoned.

“You going to give Ethan another go?” he asks.

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