Whisky Melody: Rock Star Romance, New Adult College Romance (Tennessee Romance Book 2) by Lexy Timms Page B
Authors: Lexy Timms
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back up a few minutes later. A foul taste coated her tongue, and her eyes were gritty with fatigue.
More time passed, and again, her eyes closed and flew open. The commotion beyond the curtain occasionally drew her attention. She dozed and woke again. She’d just woken up from a fifteen-minute nap when the squeaking of a shoe against the linoleum just beyond the curtain startled her. When the curtain opened, she saw a man with short, gray hair and a mournful look on his face.
“Hello, you’re, uh…”
“Ashley, Kaylee’s cousin and roommate.”
He nodded, still wearing that somber, grim expression. “I see. Is there any, uh…closer kin here?”
She wrung her hands. “I called my mom, and she called Kaylee’s parents, but I haven’t heard from them yet.”
After another nod, he repeated, “I see.” He paused a moment, then continued, “Well, to inform you of the, uh…situation, we don’t know what she took or was given to her. I’ve sent some samples to the lab. It seems she may have had a very mild heart attack. Her blood-alcohol level is dangerously high, so we are also treating her for that.”
“I’m sorry. Did you say she had a heart attack?” Ashley asked, convinced she’d heard him incorrectly.
He nodded again as he pulled a pen out and made a note on the chart on the clipboard in his hand. “Yes. It was very, very mild, almost unnoticeable, in fact.”
“How can a heart attack be unnoticeable?” she asked as a thin thread of anger coiled through her.
“It happens a lot more than you might imagine.” He slapped his hands together, and the pages of the chart fluttered. “We’ll obviously keep her here for observation. Once she’s moved to a room, you can stay with her if you’d like.”
“I would.” She stood, and while dizziness swept in, she managed to stay on her feet. “Doctor, is she…going to be okay?”
He frowned. “That’s hard to say. As I said, we’re not yet sure what she took, so we don’t know what effects to expect. She experienced quite a few seizures, some quite severe, and those could have done some serious damage. There’s also the heart issue to consider, and we’ve been unable to bring her back to consciousness. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as it will allow us to slow the spread of whatever she took. Her heart needs rest, and we need to clear her bloodstream.”
“Thank you,” Ashley muttered, almost unable to fathom the nightmare.
“She’s in good hands, Ashley,” he said, then walked away.
Ashley plopped back down in the chair, battling a fresh spring of terror. Heart attack? How in the hell does a girl who’s barely 19 have a heart attack? Drugs, of course , she thought, clenching her fists in anger, ready to punch whoever had dragged Kaylee into that world.
The curtain swung open again, and an orderly smiled at her. “Hi there. I’m going up to the fifth floor, so they asked me to show you the way.”
She got up again, and her entire body ached like she’d just finished a serious workout. “Thank you.”
He nodded and led the way.
Ashley followed silently, too wrapped up in her own emotions and worries to care that he didn’t talk to her. She walked into Kaylee’s room and stared at her cousin, who looked absolutely lifeless under those sterile white sheets, with all those machines and tubes hooked up to her.
Kaylee lived to be loud and larger than life, but now she was so still and so pale and so small that it just broke Ashley’s heart.
CHAPTER NINE
Logan stared at the walls. He knew he’d blown it. How did I manage to do something so asinine? he scolded himself. He had to go find Ashley and apologize, because she sure as hell wouldn’t answer her phone if he called, and he couldn’t blame her for that.
He tried to shake off his self-loathing for a minute, grabbed his shoes, then slid them on and headed out the door. It was early morning, maybe too early for her to be in class. He hoped he could
More time passed, and again, her eyes closed and flew open. The commotion beyond the curtain occasionally drew her attention. She dozed and woke again. She’d just woken up from a fifteen-minute nap when the squeaking of a shoe against the linoleum just beyond the curtain startled her. When the curtain opened, she saw a man with short, gray hair and a mournful look on his face.
“Hello, you’re, uh…”
“Ashley, Kaylee’s cousin and roommate.”
He nodded, still wearing that somber, grim expression. “I see. Is there any, uh…closer kin here?”
She wrung her hands. “I called my mom, and she called Kaylee’s parents, but I haven’t heard from them yet.”
After another nod, he repeated, “I see.” He paused a moment, then continued, “Well, to inform you of the, uh…situation, we don’t know what she took or was given to her. I’ve sent some samples to the lab. It seems she may have had a very mild heart attack. Her blood-alcohol level is dangerously high, so we are also treating her for that.”
“I’m sorry. Did you say she had a heart attack?” Ashley asked, convinced she’d heard him incorrectly.
He nodded again as he pulled a pen out and made a note on the chart on the clipboard in his hand. “Yes. It was very, very mild, almost unnoticeable, in fact.”
“How can a heart attack be unnoticeable?” she asked as a thin thread of anger coiled through her.
“It happens a lot more than you might imagine.” He slapped his hands together, and the pages of the chart fluttered. “We’ll obviously keep her here for observation. Once she’s moved to a room, you can stay with her if you’d like.”
“I would.” She stood, and while dizziness swept in, she managed to stay on her feet. “Doctor, is she…going to be okay?”
He frowned. “That’s hard to say. As I said, we’re not yet sure what she took, so we don’t know what effects to expect. She experienced quite a few seizures, some quite severe, and those could have done some serious damage. There’s also the heart issue to consider, and we’ve been unable to bring her back to consciousness. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as it will allow us to slow the spread of whatever she took. Her heart needs rest, and we need to clear her bloodstream.”
“Thank you,” Ashley muttered, almost unable to fathom the nightmare.
“She’s in good hands, Ashley,” he said, then walked away.
Ashley plopped back down in the chair, battling a fresh spring of terror. Heart attack? How in the hell does a girl who’s barely 19 have a heart attack? Drugs, of course , she thought, clenching her fists in anger, ready to punch whoever had dragged Kaylee into that world.
The curtain swung open again, and an orderly smiled at her. “Hi there. I’m going up to the fifth floor, so they asked me to show you the way.”
She got up again, and her entire body ached like she’d just finished a serious workout. “Thank you.”
He nodded and led the way.
Ashley followed silently, too wrapped up in her own emotions and worries to care that he didn’t talk to her. She walked into Kaylee’s room and stared at her cousin, who looked absolutely lifeless under those sterile white sheets, with all those machines and tubes hooked up to her.
Kaylee lived to be loud and larger than life, but now she was so still and so pale and so small that it just broke Ashley’s heart.
CHAPTER NINE
Logan stared at the walls. He knew he’d blown it. How did I manage to do something so asinine? he scolded himself. He had to go find Ashley and apologize, because she sure as hell wouldn’t answer her phone if he called, and he couldn’t blame her for that.
He tried to shake off his self-loathing for a minute, grabbed his shoes, then slid them on and headed out the door. It was early morning, maybe too early for her to be in class. He hoped he could
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