thoughts away, it had been an amazing night, but that’s all it was, one night of unimaginable passion.
(Daniel)
I waited for Kathryn to answer the phone, needing to hear her voice. I had been called away from her bed at 4:00 in the morning and I was already missing her. The phone was picked up and I felt a stab of disappointment when I head the professional crisp voice of the front desk manager.
“I am sorry sir. Ms. James has been checked out. She just left.” I slammed the phone down in irritation. I didn’t have time for this. Why the hell hadn’t they stopped her if they knew someone was trying to reach her?
“Useless French bastards.” I ran my hands through my hair and down my face in irritation. I would call Joey and get Kathryn’s cell phone but right now I was in a hurry. Right now I had to get back to the hospital with my ex-wife Lynn. Her doctor was coming in to speak with us both in just a few minutes. I walked back into the hospital and rode the elevator up to her floor. Shuffling my feet slowly down the hallway to her room. She was sleeping when I walked back in so I sat quietly on a chair across the room. Her face was bruised from hitting the steering wheel when she crashed but she was still extremely pretty. Her blonde hair was cut short, instead of the long style she used to wear. This was the woman who told the world I had broken her heart, painted me to be a man whore who didn’t want to be tied down by a wife and child when the reality of it was, she had betrayed me. Her daughter was not mine.
The doctor came in while I was reflecting on the past. He was a small Asian man with greying hair but when he shook my hand his grip was firm and his dark eyes looked steadily back into mine.
“I understand you are Ms. Collins emergency contact?”
I grimaced but nodded.
“As you know she was in a car accident last night, around midnight,” The doctor looked down at her chart to verify the time and nodded when what he remembered was right. “It seems that Ms. Collins was drinking, quite heavily and chose to get behind the wheel of a car. Thankfully she ran into a fence not another car, or a pedestrian.”
My hands clenched at my side. It was not the first time that Lynn had gone and done something this stupid. Actually now that I think about it, the woman never stopped to think about her actions, or what the consequences may be, look at what she had done to me and her child.
“What do you all need from me?” Bottom line I wanted to get it over and done with so I could go back to Paris and the fascinating redhead I had to leave to come here.
“You are the only one we could call since you are the only name that was given to us. We need to make sure she is going home with someone, she can’t drive. The constable will be by later to bring any charges they need to against her but we can’t release her without someone taking responsibility for her care.” I nodded, already pulling out my phone. I would call her mother and father, surely someone could come and take responsibility because it wasn’t going to be me.
“I will make sure you have someone.” He nodded then went to the bed to wake Lynn up. He took her vitals, made sure she was comfortable and explained to her the same thing he had said to me. The only thing that made us know she was listening and understood was the widening of her blue eyes in panic. She never moved or said anything else to the doctor before he left. But as soon as he was out of the room she started to cry.
I stood emotionlessly at the foot of her bed, my arms crossed over my chest, waiting for her to calm down. When she finally had a hold of herself, I raised my phone.
“Who do I need to call? Mary or Peter?” I asked.
She shook her head at me. “Neither one. They won’t come help me.” She spoke quietly, looking at me sideways, and smiling weakly.
I sighed. “What have you done to them? Damn it Lynn. I flew all the way from Paris to deal with this
(Daniel)
I waited for Kathryn to answer the phone, needing to hear her voice. I had been called away from her bed at 4:00 in the morning and I was already missing her. The phone was picked up and I felt a stab of disappointment when I head the professional crisp voice of the front desk manager.
“I am sorry sir. Ms. James has been checked out. She just left.” I slammed the phone down in irritation. I didn’t have time for this. Why the hell hadn’t they stopped her if they knew someone was trying to reach her?
“Useless French bastards.” I ran my hands through my hair and down my face in irritation. I would call Joey and get Kathryn’s cell phone but right now I was in a hurry. Right now I had to get back to the hospital with my ex-wife Lynn. Her doctor was coming in to speak with us both in just a few minutes. I walked back into the hospital and rode the elevator up to her floor. Shuffling my feet slowly down the hallway to her room. She was sleeping when I walked back in so I sat quietly on a chair across the room. Her face was bruised from hitting the steering wheel when she crashed but she was still extremely pretty. Her blonde hair was cut short, instead of the long style she used to wear. This was the woman who told the world I had broken her heart, painted me to be a man whore who didn’t want to be tied down by a wife and child when the reality of it was, she had betrayed me. Her daughter was not mine.
The doctor came in while I was reflecting on the past. He was a small Asian man with greying hair but when he shook my hand his grip was firm and his dark eyes looked steadily back into mine.
“I understand you are Ms. Collins emergency contact?”
I grimaced but nodded.
“As you know she was in a car accident last night, around midnight,” The doctor looked down at her chart to verify the time and nodded when what he remembered was right. “It seems that Ms. Collins was drinking, quite heavily and chose to get behind the wheel of a car. Thankfully she ran into a fence not another car, or a pedestrian.”
My hands clenched at my side. It was not the first time that Lynn had gone and done something this stupid. Actually now that I think about it, the woman never stopped to think about her actions, or what the consequences may be, look at what she had done to me and her child.
“What do you all need from me?” Bottom line I wanted to get it over and done with so I could go back to Paris and the fascinating redhead I had to leave to come here.
“You are the only one we could call since you are the only name that was given to us. We need to make sure she is going home with someone, she can’t drive. The constable will be by later to bring any charges they need to against her but we can’t release her without someone taking responsibility for her care.” I nodded, already pulling out my phone. I would call her mother and father, surely someone could come and take responsibility because it wasn’t going to be me.
“I will make sure you have someone.” He nodded then went to the bed to wake Lynn up. He took her vitals, made sure she was comfortable and explained to her the same thing he had said to me. The only thing that made us know she was listening and understood was the widening of her blue eyes in panic. She never moved or said anything else to the doctor before he left. But as soon as he was out of the room she started to cry.
I stood emotionlessly at the foot of her bed, my arms crossed over my chest, waiting for her to calm down. When she finally had a hold of herself, I raised my phone.
“Who do I need to call? Mary or Peter?” I asked.
She shook her head at me. “Neither one. They won’t come help me.” She spoke quietly, looking at me sideways, and smiling weakly.
I sighed. “What have you done to them? Damn it Lynn. I flew all the way from Paris to deal with this
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