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“You need someone to take care of you,” her mother argued. “How are you even going to get to your place? There are stairs.”
“And an elevator,” she said. She was getting her wits about her even if her head hurt. “I don’t live alone. I’ll figure it out. I’m not making any plans to leave.”
“Then we’ll stay here and help you,” her mother said. “Daisy has a job and can’t take the time off.”
She frowned, not believing that. That was more likely her mother making stuff up, as always.
“I don’t want to talk about it right now,” she said.
“Your brothers will be here tomorrow and they will make you see reason,” her mother said.
“Jill,” her father said. “Let it go for now.”
“Thanks, Dad. Do you have my glasses?”
Her mother pulled them out of her purse. “Here. Daisy gave them to me. I hope they don’t hurt with your face like that.”
“Stop telling me how bad I look,” she said.
Couldn’t be any worse than how she felt.
“It sounds like you are lucky to be alive,” her mother said. “A state trooper who witnessed the accident was there immediately. He pulled you out of a burning car and the doctor that repaired your leg was there with him. They were treating you on scene.”
“A fire?” she asked.
“Yes,” her mother said.
“Jill, you're exaggerating again. The fire started right when you were being pulled out,” her father said.
“But if that trooper wasn’t there to act so quickly she would have been stuck in the car with the flames and you know it. He saved her life.”
“Dang,” she said. “Guess I’ll have to find out who that was and thank them.”
“Daisy said you know him. I don’t remember his name. Something about a wedding.”
“Luke?” she asked.
“Yes,” her father said. “That was his name. You met him at your boss’s wedding. He was in the wedding party. Best man or something. What a small world.”
“Yeah,” she said. “Isn’t it?”
Good lord, she could barely think of anything and yet just found out that the man she’d been waiting to call her to get together just saved her life.
“He was here, but I think he left,” her mother said.
“What?” she asked. It seemed she was saying that a lot.
“He came to check on you,” her father said. “Daisy is the one who introduced us.”
“He didn’t want to see me?”
“How well do you know him?” her mother asked. “Daisy gave the impression he just knew who you were.”
“Yeah,” she said.
No reason to say more. It’s not like she had any explanation for more anyway. She was still waiting on his call after he’d texted her two weeks ago to say he was staying local. He’d done that the day after Lily had mentioned it so at least she didn’t feel too bad that he was keeping it from her.
Unless he thought she’d find out from Lily.
