Chapter 31 Paisley’s Surgery
Jane
The expression on Ethan’s face terrifies me.
When he answered the phone all color drained from his cheeks, and his jaw went absolutely rigid. His eyes clenched shut as if he was in pain when the person on the other end of the line spoke, and the next thing I knew he was urgently telling me we had to go.
“What’s wrong?” I ask, leaping to my feet.
“It’s Paisley.” He answers, his voice like gravel.
The room begins to spin as dread ties my stomach into knots, “Is she okay?” | gasp, reaching for the counter to suddenly swaying body
“They’ve rushed her into emergency surgery.” Ethan explains, moving for the door. “I don’t know any details yet.”
Glancing helplessly at Linda, I find my friend already pushing my purse into my hands, “Go, I’ll take care of the pups.”
“Thank you.” I mouth, following Ethan. “I’ll take you.” | announce, “You shouldn’t drive with a head injury.”
He guides me through the door with a hand at my waist and closes it behind us, pulling the keys from my hand, “Of course you’re coming.” Ethan says, as if that was a given, “but you aren’t driving when you’re shaking that way.”
“What are you-” looking down at my hands, I realize he’s right,
I am shaking like a leaf.
I want to argue, I want to insist I’m not upset and only worried for his sake, but the truth is that I’m a second away from collapsing. Instead of spreading more lies, I simply obey, letting Ethan lead me to the car and not even arguing when he keeps a steadying hand on my thigh throughout the drive.
“How are you so calm?” | squeak when we stop at a red light.
fear swirling in his eyes. “I’m not calm.” He growls, “I’m terrified.” He admits, revving
turns and we surge ahead. “If I hadn’t hit you with that vase you never would have had to postpone.” I confess,
the
my face in his oversized hands, glaring at me so ferociously my wolf whimpers out loud. I’m about to apologize again, when he cuts me off. “This isn’t your fault, Jane.” He declares
of the corners of my eyes as I clench them shut, trying to fight my sobs. He doesn’t realize it, but Ethan just struck my deepest fear right on the head. Yes Paisley was born with this condition, but maybe if
or done things differently, she would have
angry with you, sweetheart.” Ethan continues, misreading my reaction. “I’m angry at
myself under control. I can’t fall to pieces this way, it will give everything
car back onto the road anyway. I’m not sure what to think of his behavior. The Ethan I knew had a temper like a bear, and while he never directed it towards me until everything went wrong with Eve, he certainly didn’t show me this kind of sympathy afterwards. It seems unfathomable he could suspect all my
ask after a moment, “she seemed
don’t know.” He grimaces, “I really thought we
and silently doing breathing exercises in the vain hope of calming myself down. Of course, every time I try to think a comforting thought to
I’ ve only spent a few hours with her and half of those I spent Tying to her face. She’s never even met her brothers and sister. I never got to tell her she’s
so quickly I practically have to run to keep up. In the end he gives up trying to keep an arm around me and just drags me by
the OR waiting room looks as if she’s coming from a funeral.
catch me. “What does that mean for the
her?”
doing absolutely everything he can. We’ll know more soon.” The nurse
don’t understand how this happened.” Ethan continues, rubbing my back and sounding as if he’s on the verge of tears himself, “She
tone, “I promise we’ll find
He rumbles
hair as I sob into his neck. “She’ll be okay.”
Ethan
tears and trying to keep our hopes up. I’ve taken to pacing the corridors like a man possessed, only pausing to touch base with the nurses and check
and gone to the bar the other night, Paisley’s surgery would have gone ahead as scheduled. All the triumph I was feeling a few hours ago about my progress with my mate is long gone. If Paisley dies, it will be all my fault. My wolf has been whining non-stop since I got the phone call, and as I think these fateful world he positively curls
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