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though. “Is she here?” I wanted to get that ring off her finger. End it now before it went too far.
She shook her head. “No, I heard she was here earlier. She wants to take you home tomorrow, so we need to get you walking more.” She raised her gaze to meet mine, lifting an eyebrow. “And if you can get up and walking more, we can take the catheter out.”
“Well, why didn’t you say so? I’ll turn some cartwheels for you if you’ll take that thing out.” I’d had too many conversations with myself over the past few days about the thing. It was hard to decide whether I’d rather have every organ in my body ripped out with a knife or have that damned tube in my cock.
“You’ll rip your stitches out if you do cartwheels, but if you’ll get up and walk the whole unit, I’ll take it out for you tonight.”
“You’re my new favorite nurse, Stephanie.” I leaned back in my pillow. I would have been out of there yesterday if they didn’t have me chained down with that fucking thing. I needed to see Jen. “Can you do me a huge favor?”
She lifted another eyebrow and attached another syringe to the tube in my hand. “Maybe.”
I grinned. She was fun. Not as fun as Jen, but fun all the same. “I had some stuff when I got here. A phone. Two phones, actually. My clothes—there was some stuff in my pockets that I need to see. Is there any way I could get them?”
She finished with whatever it was she was injecting me with and opened a pill into a little cup on the table next to me. She handed me the pill and a glass of water. “Take this, then we’ll talk about it.”
I looked down at the horse pill. I knew it was pain medication, and there was no way I was taking it. I had refused it all day, and I was doing fine. “What is it?”
“It’s your pain medication. Look, I know you think you don’t want to take it, but if you want to make the full circle around this floor tonight, you’re going to need it.” She nodded down at the pill. “Take the pill and I’ll get you your phones. And then when it kicks in, we’ll take a walk and you can get your catheter out. Deal?”
“God, you drive a hard bargain. It’s pretty sexy.” I popped the pill in my mouth and took a drink of the water.
“And you’re too charming for your own good. I’ll be back in a minute.”
I watched her walk out of the room, then took the pill out of my mouth and flung it toward the trash can on the other side of the room.
She returned a few minutes later with a big bag that said “patient belongings.” My phones were there along with my wallet and my suit. Just the jacket and pants, no shirts. I forgot for a second why the shirts were missing, until the burning in my belly reminded me of the reason. It would have to do; it would at least get me out the door.
“Are you feeling any better?” She gave me a hopeful look, both eyebrows lifted.
I nodded, lying. “I feel great. Ready for that walk whenever you are.”
8
I convinced Stephanie to loan me her phone charger when we got back to my room. Both of the phones were dead after sitting in a bag at the nurses’ station for three days. It was late, but I needed to call her. I needed to hear her voice. I’d get to leave tomorrow, and Robin could go to hell for all I cared. I sure as hell wasn’t going to go to her house or some private nursing place that she arranged. I shook off a vision of the weird lady from Misery chopping off my foot. Robin wasn’t quite that obsessed; at least, I didn’t think she was.
The nurse had been right—walking that circle was a nightmare, but it was worth it to have that tube not hanging from my dick. The pain in my belly was going to go away as soon as I heard Jen’s voice, anyway. I could have climbed a mountain to hear her voice.
I charged the work phone first, only because that was the one he would have called. But there was nothing, not even a text. He probably assumed I was dead, so what would have been the point of
She shook her head. “No, I heard she was here earlier. She wants to take you home tomorrow, so we need to get you walking more.” She raised her gaze to meet mine, lifting an eyebrow. “And if you can get up and walking more, we can take the catheter out.”
“Well, why didn’t you say so? I’ll turn some cartwheels for you if you’ll take that thing out.” I’d had too many conversations with myself over the past few days about the thing. It was hard to decide whether I’d rather have every organ in my body ripped out with a knife or have that damned tube in my cock.
“You’ll rip your stitches out if you do cartwheels, but if you’ll get up and walk the whole unit, I’ll take it out for you tonight.”
“You’re my new favorite nurse, Stephanie.” I leaned back in my pillow. I would have been out of there yesterday if they didn’t have me chained down with that fucking thing. I needed to see Jen. “Can you do me a huge favor?”
She lifted another eyebrow and attached another syringe to the tube in my hand. “Maybe.”
I grinned. She was fun. Not as fun as Jen, but fun all the same. “I had some stuff when I got here. A phone. Two phones, actually. My clothes—there was some stuff in my pockets that I need to see. Is there any way I could get them?”
She finished with whatever it was she was injecting me with and opened a pill into a little cup on the table next to me. She handed me the pill and a glass of water. “Take this, then we’ll talk about it.”
I looked down at the horse pill. I knew it was pain medication, and there was no way I was taking it. I had refused it all day, and I was doing fine. “What is it?”
“It’s your pain medication. Look, I know you think you don’t want to take it, but if you want to make the full circle around this floor tonight, you’re going to need it.” She nodded down at the pill. “Take the pill and I’ll get you your phones. And then when it kicks in, we’ll take a walk and you can get your catheter out. Deal?”
“God, you drive a hard bargain. It’s pretty sexy.” I popped the pill in my mouth and took a drink of the water.
“And you’re too charming for your own good. I’ll be back in a minute.”
I watched her walk out of the room, then took the pill out of my mouth and flung it toward the trash can on the other side of the room.
She returned a few minutes later with a big bag that said “patient belongings.” My phones were there along with my wallet and my suit. Just the jacket and pants, no shirts. I forgot for a second why the shirts were missing, until the burning in my belly reminded me of the reason. It would have to do; it would at least get me out the door.
“Are you feeling any better?” She gave me a hopeful look, both eyebrows lifted.
I nodded, lying. “I feel great. Ready for that walk whenever you are.”
8
I convinced Stephanie to loan me her phone charger when we got back to my room. Both of the phones were dead after sitting in a bag at the nurses’ station for three days. It was late, but I needed to call her. I needed to hear her voice. I’d get to leave tomorrow, and Robin could go to hell for all I cared. I sure as hell wasn’t going to go to her house or some private nursing place that she arranged. I shook off a vision of the weird lady from Misery chopping off my foot. Robin wasn’t quite that obsessed; at least, I didn’t think she was.
The nurse had been right—walking that circle was a nightmare, but it was worth it to have that tube not hanging from my dick. The pain in my belly was going to go away as soon as I heard Jen’s voice, anyway. I could have climbed a mountain to hear her voice.
I charged the work phone first, only because that was the one he would have called. But there was nothing, not even a text. He probably assumed I was dead, so what would have been the point of
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