Unforgettable: Always 2 by Cherie M Hudson

Author:Cherie M Hudson [Hudson, Cherie M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760300593
Publisher: Momentum
Published: 2015-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

Being Vulnerable Sucked

Parker walked me back to Tanner’s room, but didn’t come in.

“I’ve got some other patients to see,” he explained, as he took my hand in another one of those firm, confident shakes. “When we get the results back, we’ll be in contact. Is Amanda’s cell the best number to get you on?”

I pondered the question. Its simplicity stirred in me a complicated, ambivalent response.

“No,” I finally answered. “It won’t be.”

His eyes narrowed, and then he slipped his hand into the back pocket of his pants and took out his wallet. “When you get your American cell number working,” he said, flipping it open to withdraw a business card, “give me a call.” He handed the card to me.

I couldn’t help but chuckle. Grinning up at me was a caricature portrait of Parker in his doctor’s clothes holding an iconic Star Wars light saber. Beside that were the words Dr. Parker Waters, MD, FAAP. Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist. The force is strong in this one.

“You get the special card for family and friends,” he said. “The professional one I have is reserved for boring people.”

Lifting my gaze from the image, I held out my hand for another shake. The double-shake. Holy crap, I was doing the double-shake. “Thank you, doc,” I said, meaning it with every fiber of my being. “I don’t know …”

He cupped my upper arm with his free hand and fixed me with an unwavering stare. “I can see where Tanner gets his fighting spirit from, Brendon.”

I smiled.

“And his looks,” Parker’s face split into a wide grin, and it was like he was suddenly infused with light and all the joy in the world. “How am I meant to woo the nurses with you two around?”

I laughed. Damn, the guy was good. If there is a higher power, a greater force directing the paths of our lives, He/She/It had done their job to perfection with Parker Waters. I watched him wander down the corridor before he stopped at the next open door, turned to face the room beyond the threshold and threw up his hands. “No no no, Charlotte,” he cried, comical horror in his voice, “those are my high heels and wig!”

He stepped into the room amid a faint cloud of girlish laughter, and was gone from my sight.

It wasn’t until I walked back into Tanner’s room that I realized how calm he’d helped me stay over the last half hour. However, at the sight of Tanner sound asleep in his bed – now more like a cot with its high side railings – with the oxygen tube in his nose and an IV now connected to the PICC in his arm, all the rawness of his condition slammed into me again.

From the seat beside the bed, Amanda raised her head and gave me a small smile. “Hey, Bren. Was that fun? Did the nurse give you a lollipop?”

I crossed the room to Tanner and loosely gripped the top of the rail. The metal was cool beneath my palms.

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