Free Forgiven (Touched Series #2) by Vicki Green Page B

Dammit!” He’s pulling on his hair now and getting angry all over again.
    “Bo!”
    “I can’t imagine why you’d do that, Stormy! I just…. In my wildest dreams I can’t figure out how you could…. Why you’d…. Ugh!” My hand pushes against the hard mattress, my legs shaking as I move them over the bed. “But. I should have had the decency to allow you to speak. I….” My hand captures his arm. His head snaps to me, and he’s at my side in a blink. “What? Are you going to be sick? I’ll go get someone.” He starts to walk, but I grasp his arm tighter.
    “Shit. Will you just sit the hell down? You’re making me dizzy with all the pacing. God, you’re so much like your dad.” The look of surprise on his face is actually kind of funny, but I release his arm as I begin to feel a little nauseous and struggle to lay back down until he helps me again and then pulls the blanket up to my neck. He finally sits down in the chair but reaches between his legs and pulls it closer by the bed. His face changes to a look of worry as his hand brushes some of my wet hair from my face. “I don’t blame you, you know. I’ve been beating myself up daily for years about everything I’ve done. A ten minute temper tantrum was mild compared to what I expected if you’d ever found out.” His eyes are sad and I can’t bear to look at them, but as soon as I look down the doctor walks in.
    “Good morning and what do we have….” My eyes are wide and my heart stops. “Stormy? Bo?” He looks at me again. “What’s happened?” I look at Bo and see his relief that Dr. Phillip is the doctor but to me it just increased my anxiety level. I know I won’t be able to get my injuries past Knox or Jade and this doesn’t help in the least. Before Bo can speak I open my mouth.
    “I took a fall, out in the rain and I think I broke my arm. Silly, I know. I was out running.” I try keeping it light to see if that helps but as with my luck I know it’ll fail. Just like everything else in my life.
    He walks over to the bed, his eyebrows raised high into his forehead. “Yes. Well. You shouldn’t be out so late or I mean early and in this bad weather.” He pulls down the covers, his facial expression never changing, and he picks up each leg, looking at my feet and legs, setting them back down gently one by one. He looks at my shoulders and arms as well and then turns his head to Bo. “Please give us a few moments while Stormy gets into something dry. You may return once she’s done as I’ll need to set up things to have an x-ray taken of her arm.” I peek around Dr. Phillip and see Bo’s face turn angry but he abides, as he stands and looks at me while he pushes the drapes away and walks out.
    “So, what all hurts, other than the inevitable?” he asks as he begins to clean out the cuts and scrapes from my legs. I hiss as every part of me he touches stings.
    “Sssss. Just all the cuts, bruises and my arm.” I close my eyes tight trying to think of other things than the pain.
    “Sorry. Yes, well. I think that’s enough, don’t you?” I open my eyes to see him wrapping my feet with gauze, and he looks at me. “Any more cuts?” Quietly, I shake my head. “Good. The nurse will be here in a few minutes to take you to x-ray. Stormy, I have to ask you if there is any chance you may be pregnant.” My eyes widen, and I shake my head again. He pats my shoulder, lightly, and smiles then walks towards the door, turning to me. “You’re running a small fever so we’ll need to watch that. The nurse will help you dry off so you can get warmed up. Stormy, I have to ask you if Knox is aware that you’re here.”
    Tears well up without my consent. “No. He and Jade went out for the evening and stayed at a hotel.”
    “Would you like me to call him? He should know.” I can only nod. “Very well. I promise I won’t make it sound death defying.” I smile, feeling a little more relaxed, but not much. “You know he will be