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“I think I need to go to hospital, Joey,” I croak. My throat is so dry from lack of fluids that it hurts to even talk.
Dream Joey squeezes my hand. She must be a dream. She’s never this nice to me. “I’ll go speak to Dante.”
Chapter26
Dante
I’m on the phone when my little sister comes storming into my office like a tornado on steroids.
“Kat is really sick,” she shouts, completely ignoring the fact I’m busy.
“I’ll call you back,” I say to the asshole I was talking with so I can give her my full attention.
“You need to get her to the hospital. Now.”
“Like fuck I do. What the hell do you think you’re doing coming into my office —”
“She needs a doctor,” she shouts back at me.
I cross my arms over my chest and glare at her. “So the two of you can plan another escape attempt?”
“You know, I would never have done that if I’d known she was pregnant. Dante, I’m not kidding around. She says she has something her mom had. Hyper gravity or something?”
“She’s a goddamn nurse. She’s baffling you with medical nonsense so you’ll fall for her bullshit.”
“She’s not eating. That can’t be good for the baby.”
“She’ll eat when she’s hungry,” I say, picking up my cell to make another call.
“Dante, please just come see her for yourself.”
“For fuck’s sake!” I pocket my cell and follow my little sister up to Kat’s new bedroom. At least I can put an end to this nonsense so I can get back to work.
When I walk into the room, Kat is propped up in bed with some pillows.
“I sat her up so she wouldn’t choke if she was sick again,” Joey whispers, and I roll my eyes. I’ve never known anyone be able to fool my kid sister so easily.
“Kat?” I snap as I draw closer to her.
She’s pale, but then she would be if she’s refusing to eat. Her lips are cracked and dry. She’s wearing one of my t-shirts and that rattles me more than I care to admit. Part of her plan, no doubt, but I can also see she’s lost weight. Nothing so far that can’t be explained away by her refusal to eat though.
“Kat?” I say again as I sit on the bed beside her.
Her eyelids flicker, but she doesn’t focus on me.
“You need to eat and drink something.”
“Okay,” she mumbles sleepily, a goofy smile on her face.
“See,” I say to Joey who is staring at Kat with concern.
I take the bottle of water from the night stand and unscrew the cap. Holding it to her lips, I play along with her little game, if only to prove that I’m right. “I’m gonna give you some water, okay?”
“Hmm,” she mumbles, and I tip the bottle, allowing some water to spill out. She swallows greedily, and I allow her some more before I pull the bottle away.
I look up at Joey. “I told you it was all…”
But before I can finish that sentence, Kat groans loudly and throws up the mouthful of water I just gave her. Her head rolls back against the pillows and her eyes close again.
