Free Irrational (Underneath it All Series: Book Two) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Ava Claire Page B

"He has a freaking terrace!"
    I glanced over at Jackson and if I didn't know better, I'd say he was blushing. I could have given him a hard time about it, but my heart was too full to do anything but smile. When he reached for my hand and interlaced his fingers with mine, I couldn't help but do the very thing that I'd been running from as far back as I could remember.
    I hoped for something more.
    I hoped for love.
    The smell of chicken and biscuits intensified and just as I reached Rose and got ready to take the box of chicken and hand it back to our host, my phone buzzed again.
    "Ugh," I groaned, ruffling through my purse and snatching out my phone. I expected to see my mother's number, but it was a different number altogether. I recognized the area code. It was someone from our neck of the woods.
    I almost let it go to voicemail, so whoever was on the other end could see that they had the wrong number, but I decided to answer it.
    "Hi," I started, ready to make it quick so I could get back to Jackson and Rose. "You have the wrong-"
    "Is this Sadie McLeod?"
    My smile fell right off my face and I slammed to a stop, yanking my hand from Jackson's. "Yes? Who is this?”
    "I'm Marissa," the woman on the other end said. "I'm a nurse here at Mercy General. The charge nurse knows your mother and I found her number in your phone-"
    "Wait, what?!" I whipped toward the wall, pressing my hands against it. Needing something stable, as everything crumbled around me. Mom was in the hospital?! "I don't...I can't-"
    "Your mother was brought into the emergency room earlier tonight." The woman's voice took on a somber tone that told me that this was real. "She's in critical condition, Sadie. You need to get here as soon as possible.”
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