“And…it’s been…”
“And it’s been six days since your rescue,” I said, filling in the gaps.
Maya gasped softly.
“Don’t worry about that right now,” I said, waving my hand away. “Let’s worry about getting you some food. Do you want to sit up a bit?”
Maya nodded.
I smiled and raised the head of the bed up with the remote. Then I pressed the call button for Darla, our friendly night-shift nurse. I was just getting Maya’s pillows situated when Darla walked smiling. “Well, there’s my pretty patient finally awake. How we doing?”
“Okaaaay,” Maya said, speaking softly.
Darla grinned. “Alright. Doc said we need to get you eating. How about we start with a protein shake and see how you do? Then we get some Jello in a bit.”
“Told you so,” I chuckled.
Maya rolled her eyes, a faint smile pulling at her lips.
Twenty minutes later, we had the TV playing some car action movie we’d both seen a million times, while Maya sucked back a protein shake. It almost felt normal, though we both knew it was far from it.
“Where are…Marcos…and Jason?” Maya asked.
“They had left right before you woke up. It’s Friday night. They had to make an appearance at the clubhouse.”
Maya wrinkled her nose.
I chuckled. “Yeah. They’ve been here as much as they can. Marcos is president though, so he’s still needed, and I kicked Jason out. He kept reading to you, when it was my idea.”
Maya’s mouth dropped open in shock. “His…voice…”
“Yeah, I bet you heard his voice. It was why he did it. Took my idea and ran with it, because he knows you love his damn voice.” I laughed and shook my head. “So he read you spicy romance in that sultry voice of his.”
Maya laughed, and at first, I thought she was coughing, so I leaned forward to help her, only to realize that she was silently laughing, her shoulders shaking with glee.
My heart swelled in my chest; fucking pounded as I saw her beautiful smile. God, that was a sight for sore eyes. “Yeah, you love that shit.” I smirked and shook my head.
Darla came in to check on things when Maya’s heart-rate monitor started beeping like crazy again. She smiled when she saw Maya laughing and came over and shut the monitor off. “I think we’re good on this for a while. How’s that shake doing?”
Maya gave her a thumbs up and a grin.
My heart felt lighter than it had in the last two weeks. Shit, it felt lighter than it had in months. I knew the road to recovery would be hard for Maya, but I hoped that this was a good sign at least.
Maya
Iwasfinishingupmyprotein shake when the hospital room door opened, and Marcos and Jason walked in. Both men stopped in their tracks when they saw me sitting up and coherent.
“You guys weren’t even gone a full fucking hour. I thought you were gonna STAY there for an hour!” Nico complained loudly to his brothers.
Both men were still staring wide-eyed at me, not blinking. It was making me feel self-conscious, and I realized for the firsttime that I had no idea what I looked like. I assumed I looked like hell.
“Well, you just gonna stand there? Say something! You’re making her uncomfortable.” Nico’s annoyance had me shooting him a wry smile. Leave it to Nico to call out those two.
“Uh, hi,” Marcos said after a moment’s hesitation.
“Hey,” I replied softly. Why were they being weird? Why was this so hard?
“You’re awake,” Marcos said, stating the obvious.
