“I’m busy,” I repeated, hitting the button for the elevator.
“All weekend?” She winced as she stared up at me.
Truth was, Josie was hot, but I wasn’t interested. She definitely couldn’t hold a candle to Rosalie even on Rosalie’s worst day.
In another life, I may have fucked Josie before maybe fucking her friend, but this wasn’t that life. In this life, I had a woman I’d die for waiting for me to save her… from myself.
Fuck. What a damn mess.
The elevator arrived, and I got inside. Much to my annoyance, Josie followed me in.
The doors closed, locking me inside alone with her.
I looked at my watch.
“You look nice in your regular clothes,” she murmured, stepping closer to me.
“Thanks,” I muttered, checking my watch again.
“I-I’d really like to get to know you outside of work,” she said softly. “Maybe we can text or something.”
Fuck.
Josie was a nice girl. I appreciated her perseverance, but she’d never followed me into a damn elevator before.
“Maybe,” I muttered, just needing to get the hell back to Rosalie.
Josie’s eyes lit up. “OK. Um, great. I’ll text you when I get out.”
I was distracted as all hell as I went through my head on what I remembered about broken bones and sprains. There was no way I could give Rosalie crutches. She’d beat me with them. But how the hell was I supposed to leave her alone if she couldn’t walk?
Damnit.
This was going to be a real problem.
“Perfect,” I said, shaking my head.
The elevator dinged at the lobby, and I stepped out.
“Talk to you later!” Josie called out.
I waved her off and went outside and straight to the bag I’d dropped. I grabbed it, took it to my car, got in, and raced back to Rosalie.
I got back to the old house, rushed inside, and went straight to her.
She was where I’d left her, only she was crying on the bed.
I dropped the bag and went to her.
“Hey,” I said softly. “I’m back.”
“It hurts,” she whimpered. “Please. I need to see a doctor.”
“I am a doctor,” I murmured, going to her foot.
She cried out as I carefully examined it.
“It’s a bad sprain,” I said. “I have my doubts it’s broken.”
