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Reaching out, I embrace her as she folds into my arms. I squeeze her tight for a moment before I pull back to look at her. “Jump in. We can talk.”
I open the passenger door for her so she can climb in.
I’ve certainly come a long way since my little convertible in college I scraped enough money together to be able to buy.
“Wow,” she says, as I jump in the driver’s seat and start my baby to life.
“Some things only got better,” I muse. “Other than my apartment, this was my big splurge.” I’ve no idea if she knows anything about my skyline penthouse apartment.
“It’s beautiful,” she says, laying her jacket over her lap while she admires the interior.
I smile. I can’t say I don’t enjoy driving it around. One of the perks, I guess, of being a multi-millionaire. I’ve saved my money wisely over the years, not going too splurge happy. Making sure my mom was taken care of was my main priority.
I glance at her before I pull out of the no parking zone I’m idling in.
“Thank you.” I nod, swiftly exiting the drop off. “Now, tell me about your Dad. What's going on?”
She clasps her hands together as I navigate my way out of the large parking lot.
“Mom called just as I left the restaurant. Dad was having the onset of a heart attack, and he collapsed at home. They called for an ambulance. I got the call just as I left the restaurant.”
“Fuck, Emmerson.”
“I know.” She puts her head in her hands.
I reach over to clasp her hand for support. “And you saw him?”
“Yeah.” She sniffs. “He seems pretty alert considering. He was hooked up to several machines. It was so scary, Tay.”
I glance at her briefly. That’s the first time she’s shortened my name like that in six years.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do if anything happens to him.” Her eyes meet mine, and I see the worry there.
“They stabilized him, Em. So that’s a good sign. It sounds like they were able to get to him at exactly the right time.”
“Yes, I think he’s very lucky.” She nods.
I let go of her hand then, realizing I’m still holding it.
She’s shaking a little so I ask her if she’s cold.
She shakes her head. “No, I’m good. Just shock setting in, I think.”
“I can drop you and Maddison off tomorrow at the hospital before the game, if you like?”
She smiles and seems to relax back into her seat. “Thank you,” she murmurs.
I’m glad she’s making herself comfortable.
“Again… I shouldn’t have called you… you need to rest for your big game.”
I shrug. “Hey, I’m kinda used to running on empty, so don’t worry about it. I don’t have to be up super early.”
“Are you sure?” She bites her lip. It’s sort of cute that she's worrying about me.
“I’m sure,” I tell her. “Stop worrying about me, it’s you we need to worry about right now.”
“I just want him to be okay. God, you don’t even think about what could happen until something happens, do you?” she says wistfully. “You think your parents are always going to be around.”
