Leaning toward him as if wanting to get her point across while she tried to keep her voice down, she said, “Thisisn’tabout my magic, is it? It’s about my phone sex business.”
He shrugged. “I just don’t understand why you’d continue doing that if you had another option.”
She narrowed her eyes. “Maybe I’m talented in more than one area.”
What was going on? Did sheliketalking dirty to strangers? Sly had been thinking of discussing marriage with her, but now he wasn’t so sure. He let out an exasperated breath.
Maybe she was just used to relying on this type of interaction to feel attractive to the opposite sex. Well, he’d have to let her know she didn’t have to. He’d more than fill that bill.
“Morgaine, I don’t want to fight. I love you.”
She sighed. “I know. I love you too. I suppose it’s normal to feel a little jealous of my customers.”
“Jealous?Don’t be ridiculous.” He laughed.
She jumped to her feet and strode away from him. Her eyes looked like storm clouds had just rolled in.
Uh-oh. That was the wrong reaction.“Morgaine...honey.” He rose and strolled toward her. Then his head spun and the odd sensation of falling into a hole engulfed him.
“Sly! Oh, my Goddess.”What happened?
He had been walking toward her and suddenly he swayed and sank to the floor. The other people watched as she rushed over to him. One of them rose and joined her.
“Is he all right?”
The Vampire Vintage must have worn off—and it’s sunrise.But how could she explain that to strangers?
Before she could think of an explanation, the gentleman said, “I’m an EMT. He grabbed Sly’s wrist and checked for a pulse.
“Uh-oh. Your friend’s in trouble. I’ll stay with him. Go call a nurse.”
“No, you go. I’ll stay with him.”
The man looked puzzled but got up and strode out of the waiting room in the direction of the nurse’s station.
Now what? Thank the Goddess he hadn’t landed directly in the shaft of sunlight filtering through the windows, but he was near enough to make her nervous. She grabbed Sly’s arms and dragged his lifeless body toward the restroom.
The remaining woman rose. “I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to move someone after a fall.”
Stay out of it, lady,she thought.What do you know about vampirism?
Acode bluewas announced over the loudspeaker and a nurse came running. She kneeled next to him, tilted his head back, and placed two fingers on one side of his neck. Another nurse joined her shortly, towing a large red cart. When she plopped a container with paddles onto the floor next to Sly, Morgaine figured out what it was for.
Oh, no. A defibrillator.What would that do to him?
She had to think quickly, yet her mind was frozen. The nurse with the defibrillator had turned it on and was poised over his chest with paddles in hand.
At last Morgaine came up with something. “Stop! He’s a Christian Scientist. And he has a living will. He doesn’t want any medical treatment, even in an emergency.”
The nurse without the paddles had opened the cart and was retrieving something with a plastic mask and large oblong balloon attached to it. She stared at her.
“But we might be able to save him. Don’t you want us to try?”
Yeah, they might be able to kill him too.She bit her bottom lip. “I—I think he’d want us to respect his wishes.”
The nurses looked at each other open-mouthed.
I could kick myself. We were so focused on Merry, I never thought about Sly’s condition. Dearest Goddess, please let Nathan be working in the morgue tonight.
