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“Thanks,” I say with a nod.
“Any questions?” he asks, looking around the group of us.
“No,” I say, annoyed by both Palmer and her mom’s reaction to this guy.
“Okay then. Allie will get Adley’s discharge papers. Good to meet you guys.” He walks out.
“Wow,” Palmer says.
Allie laughs. “Yeah, he tends to get that kind of reaction. He’s new here. Fisher hates when I work with him.” She rolls her eyes and chuckles.
“Let’s get her home,” I say, wanting to be done with this hot doctor business.
“Let me get her discharge papers and the info the doctor mentioned, and I’ll be right back.”
“We’ll give you some privacy,” Sedona says, still with tears in her eyes.
Adley’s grandparents kiss her goodbye and leave the room. Palmer and I hold Adley’s hands, thankful it’s nothing more than some stitches.
“That must have been quite a fall,” I say, eyeing Adley’s stitches.
Palmer stares across the bed at me with a pissed-off expression. “And you see how guilty my mom already feels, so I don’t want to hear it.”
Guilt racks me. How many times has something almost happened to Adley on my watch? I’m letting my feelings about Palmer and Matt get mixed up with the fact that Adley had an accident, and that’s not fair to Palmer or her mom.
“I’m sorry. I was just scared and worried about Adley.” And not at all pissed off that Palmer was on a date with Matt. What is wrong with me? “Honestly, Palm, I’m sorry. I should have never said anything.”
Her shoulders sink, and she nods. “Okay.”
I grab her hand. A tear trickles down her cheek, and I round the bed, pulling her into my body, acutely aware that Adley is watching us closely. Palmer wraps her arms around my torso, and her back shakes as she sobs. I run my hands down her back. The smell of her shampoo floats up to my nose, taking me back to the night we conceived Adley.
What the hell?
But I keep holding her, not wanting to let her go.
“Hey!” I turn to see Theresa walk through the door. She stops in her tracks when she sees Palmer in my arms. “Oh.”
Well, shit.
