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Authors: Deborah Bladon
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comfort me. I need that too and that can't happen when she's in New York with our kids and I'm here.
"Give Emerson a kiss for me. I'll be on the first available flight out tomorrow," he pauses. "I'll tell him. I love you too, Kayla."
He ends the call before he walks over to the nurse's desk. I hear the murmur of his voice mixed with that of a woman.
"You can go in and see her, Noah." He gestures towards a long corridor. "I'll go with you if you want."
I reach up to his outstretched hand. I grab hold of it, allowing him to pull me back up to my feet from the chair I fell into when we arrived at the ER. "What did the nurse say?"
"Nothing." He rests both his hands on my shoulders. "Kayla wanted me to tell you that she's praying for Opal though. How did you know she was on that bench? I didn't see her when I walked past it."
"She moved her arm, or her leg." I shrug. "Something caught my eye. I knew it had to be her."
"Once she's awake they'll be able to determine if something else is wrong."
"Something else?" I take a step back. "She almost froze to death, Ben. That's what's wrong with her."
His expression softens. I don't see this side of my brother very often. I don't want to see it. It's the doctor side that's about to deliver bad news. "There has to be a reason why she was on that bench, Noah. If she was fine, she would have gotten up and walked back to the shelter before the storm hit."
Of course he's fucking right. I know that.
"One step at a time." His hand darts to my back. "Let's go see her and we'll go from there."
***
"W hat the fuck is wrong with people?"
I'm asking that question, but it's strictly rhetorical.
"I'm not sure what I can tell you about that." The nurse perks up. "When you work in a hospital there's a lot wrong with people."
Ben's brow pops up as he nods towards the nurse. "She knows what she's talking about, Noah."
"You must be Ben."
We turn in unison at the sound of Opal's voice as her eyes flutter open.
"You look exactly like your brother," she says quietly. "He told me you two weren't identical twins."
"We're not." I take a step closer to the bed. "We're fraternal twins."
"I'd know he was your brother in an instant." She pats the bed next to her. "I'm not in the hospital, am I?"
I stand above her looking down at her face. The color is starting to come back in her cheeks. The prognosis the doctor shared with Ben twenty minutes ago is good.
"Did you fall Opal? You fell at the park, didn't you?"
Her right hand darts to her forehead. "I remember crashing down on a patch of ice near a bench. I think I cracked my head."
"You broke your hip." I gesture towards her legs. "You must have been in so much pain."
"I remember that now." She stares at my face. "I sat on the bench to rest. It hurt to walk. I asked a young woman to help but she didn't hear me."
"How do people just walk past that?" I ask Ben as much as I ask myself. "When did we stop caring? I don't understand."
"This is a private room, isn't it?" Opal tries to lean forward but the discomfort pushes her back into place. The pained expression on her face is evidence of that. "I can't afford this. I don't know what coverage I have but it's not going to cover this."
"Everything is covered." Ben walks to the other side of the bed. "You'll be well taken care of here, Opal."
"You're as nice as Noah said you were." She reaches for my hand. "He told me his brother was a doctor."
"That I am." His eyes fall to her hands for just a moment. "Noah told me you've been a good friend to him. He didn't tell me you were beautiful too."
That brings a blush to her cheeks. "If I would have known that breaking my hip would bring two handsome men to my bedside, I might have tried that trick years ago."
CHAPTER 16
––––––––
T he door of Opal's hospital room opens slightly before my dad's face pops into view.
"Noah? Ben? Which one of you is hurt?"
Opal's brow furrows at the intrusion but she doesn't say a thing.
"Dad." I move
"Give Emerson a kiss for me. I'll be on the first available flight out tomorrow," he pauses. "I'll tell him. I love you too, Kayla."
He ends the call before he walks over to the nurse's desk. I hear the murmur of his voice mixed with that of a woman.
"You can go in and see her, Noah." He gestures towards a long corridor. "I'll go with you if you want."
I reach up to his outstretched hand. I grab hold of it, allowing him to pull me back up to my feet from the chair I fell into when we arrived at the ER. "What did the nurse say?"
"Nothing." He rests both his hands on my shoulders. "Kayla wanted me to tell you that she's praying for Opal though. How did you know she was on that bench? I didn't see her when I walked past it."
"She moved her arm, or her leg." I shrug. "Something caught my eye. I knew it had to be her."
"Once she's awake they'll be able to determine if something else is wrong."
"Something else?" I take a step back. "She almost froze to death, Ben. That's what's wrong with her."
His expression softens. I don't see this side of my brother very often. I don't want to see it. It's the doctor side that's about to deliver bad news. "There has to be a reason why she was on that bench, Noah. If she was fine, she would have gotten up and walked back to the shelter before the storm hit."
Of course he's fucking right. I know that.
"One step at a time." His hand darts to my back. "Let's go see her and we'll go from there."
***
"W hat the fuck is wrong with people?"
I'm asking that question, but it's strictly rhetorical.
"I'm not sure what I can tell you about that." The nurse perks up. "When you work in a hospital there's a lot wrong with people."
Ben's brow pops up as he nods towards the nurse. "She knows what she's talking about, Noah."
"You must be Ben."
We turn in unison at the sound of Opal's voice as her eyes flutter open.
"You look exactly like your brother," she says quietly. "He told me you two weren't identical twins."
"We're not." I take a step closer to the bed. "We're fraternal twins."
"I'd know he was your brother in an instant." She pats the bed next to her. "I'm not in the hospital, am I?"
I stand above her looking down at her face. The color is starting to come back in her cheeks. The prognosis the doctor shared with Ben twenty minutes ago is good.
"Did you fall Opal? You fell at the park, didn't you?"
Her right hand darts to her forehead. "I remember crashing down on a patch of ice near a bench. I think I cracked my head."
"You broke your hip." I gesture towards her legs. "You must have been in so much pain."
"I remember that now." She stares at my face. "I sat on the bench to rest. It hurt to walk. I asked a young woman to help but she didn't hear me."
"How do people just walk past that?" I ask Ben as much as I ask myself. "When did we stop caring? I don't understand."
"This is a private room, isn't it?" Opal tries to lean forward but the discomfort pushes her back into place. The pained expression on her face is evidence of that. "I can't afford this. I don't know what coverage I have but it's not going to cover this."
"Everything is covered." Ben walks to the other side of the bed. "You'll be well taken care of here, Opal."
"You're as nice as Noah said you were." She reaches for my hand. "He told me his brother was a doctor."
"That I am." His eyes fall to her hands for just a moment. "Noah told me you've been a good friend to him. He didn't tell me you were beautiful too."
That brings a blush to her cheeks. "If I would have known that breaking my hip would bring two handsome men to my bedside, I might have tried that trick years ago."
CHAPTER 16
––––––––
T he door of Opal's hospital room opens slightly before my dad's face pops into view.
"Noah? Ben? Which one of you is hurt?"
Opal's brow furrows at the intrusion but she doesn't say a thing.
"Dad." I move
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