“Yes.”

“Hold on,” Riley said, pulling open drawers to find paper and a pen. She wrote down the four girls’ numbers, tore the paper off, and gave it to her.”Now, tell us yours.”

Casey rattled it off. “It’s probably dead by now, so you won’t be able to get ahold of me for a few hours.”

“I hate the fact that you’re by yourself,” Kinley said.

The other three nodded.

“I’ll be okay,” Casey told them, but she was doubting her abilities now.

The door opened, and a nurse walked in. She looked surprised to see the room full.

“Girls, let’s get out of their hair,” Kaleb said.

The girls hugged her.

“We’ll see you soon,” Riley whispered to her.

Casey waved and then stared at the door after they left. Her attention rushed back when she felt a hand on her arm.

“Don’t worry, Baby. You’ll see them soon,” Simon said.

Casey nodded.

“The nurse has a few questions about the bill,” he told her.

The blood dropped from her face. “Oh my God. I don’t have insurance.”

Simon smiled and rubbed her back. “Don’t worry about that.”

She shook her head. “I won’t allow you to pay anything.”

His eyebrows rose. “You won’t allow?”

She blushed. “I … no. I can take care of myself.”

“You didn’t say that with too much conviction, Baby,” Simon said.

“Oh, well. It’s just because I’m a little tired.” It was the only thing she could come up with so quickly.

“For one thing, the man that ran you off the road is paying for everything, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

She couldn’t believe how relieved she felt.

“But if he hadn’t, I would have, and you wouldn’t say a thing about it.”

She opened her mouth to argue, only to have the nurse interrupt them.

The woman went over several things. When she asked for an address, Casey started to give her aunt’s, but Simon interrupted and gave his.

Casey didn’t know what to do. How the hell was she going to get away without him knowing?

“I’ll be back later. I’m going to check in with the office,” Trent said.

“Thank you,” Casey said.

“You’re welcome, Sprite.”