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“That’s exactly what I think. You know what? Never mind.” He pulled out his cellphone from his breast pocket. After unlocking the screen, he scrolled and pressed a number. He put the phone to his ear. “Charlie, can you come hang out with Hayden? I don’t want her to be alone and she won’t let me cancel work and stay with her.” He paused. “Cool, see you in twenty.”
He hung up with her and looked at me.
“Unnecessary.”
“Entirely necessary,” he rebutted. “I’m bringing you orange juice.”
He got up off the table and headed for the kitchen. I stared after him. It was clearly useless to tell him no. I was surprised he was actually going to leave me with Charlie. He didn’t seem the type to trust anyone else.
“You were going to tell me what else was going on,” I said as he came back into the living room.
He handed me the glass of orange juice and sat down at the end of the couch. “Doc and Boxer have legal guardianship of the kids. When they’re able to be discharged, they’ll go home with them to live. They’re both awake now, but it’s rough. They’re going to need to sedate Lily for a while so she doesn’t re-injure herself during the hysteria. Cam is doing a little better.”
“How’s everyone else doing with the news?” I asked. “Emotions were running high.”
He sighed. “The Old Ladies aren’t talking to each other. Well, correction. Some are talking to each other. Others are not.”
“Battle lines drawn,” I said quietly.
“Yeah.” He ran a hand across his stubble. “None of us know how to handle this. We feel like shit.”
“So, was she inebriated?” I asked. “Do they know yet if she caused the accident?”
“It looks that way, but we don’t really know. The doctors are going to wait until Cam is no longer under the influence of so many pain meds before they start to ask him questions.”
“Jesus.”
“Yeah…sip your juice.”
I took a drink.
The doorbell rang and Bones got up to answer it. He spoke to someone for a few seconds and then closed the door. He returned with a brown paper bag. A delicious aroma emanated from it and my stomach moaned.
“Let me put this into a bowl and get you a real spoon.”
While I was in the middle of eating, Charlie showed up and relieved Bones of babysitting duty.
Bones leaned down and pressed a kiss to my forehead. “I’ll check in on you later. Don’t argue.”
He left, and after I heard the rumble of his motorcycle disappear into the distance, I said to her, “You can go. You don’t actually have to sit here with me.”
“Are you kidding? If he finds out I bailed, there will be hell to pay.”
I rolled my eyes. “He’s over-reacting.”
“You were comatose for nearly eighteen hours. What’s he supposed to think? I’m surprised he actually left.”
“He’s overbearing,” I muttered.
“He’s not,” she protested. “This is what it looks like when a man cares for the woman he loves.”
“Love? Did you say love?”
“Oh please.” She rolled her eyes. “He’s got like, cartoon hearts in his eyes when he looks at you. Ten bucks says he’s picking out your kids’ names already.”
Chapter 35
I asked Bones if we could have a few nights apart and his easy text of Sure had me frowning and questioning everything. Three days passed without him calling or making plans, and I walked into my mother’s house in low spirits. But I put on a smile because the last thing I wanted was for her to know anything was wrong.
