Page 29 of Hot for Her
“Hey, Stace. How is he?”
She gave me a sad smile. “Awake but still kind of out of it. They’re keeping him sedated due to some swelling on his brain. They said tomorrow they’ll ween him off the sedation. His vitals are good and strong, though.”
The weight on my chest became a little lighter, but didn’t go away completely.
“Do they have any idea who did this?”
“So far, no. But none of us know the password to his cell phone so we can’t figure out who he was with. You don’t happen to know it, do you?”
I didn’t, and even if I did, I probably wouldn’t give it out without Drew’s permission, even under the circumstances.
“I don’t. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. Mom has been beating herself up all morning for not knowing more about his life, his friends, his, um, romantic interests.”
I arched a brow.
She made a face. “We’re not blind, Emersyn.”
“You know then? That he’s…”
Stacy rolled her eyes. “Yeah, since he was in like fifth grade and tried to steal my entire Twilight DVD collection.”
“Team Edward?”
“Yeah,Iwas. Pretty sure Drew is still Team Jacob. Likeallthe way.”
I smiled. “Yeah, you’re probably right.” I glanced around the waiting room. “Can I go back and see him?”
“Only two people are supposed to be back there at a time and both Camille and my aunt Linda are in there with my mom now. You know we’re rebels. They should be coming out soon though. I need to run home and shower and grab Drew some clothes for whenever they let him come home.”
I hated to ask her, but I needed a favor. “Um, is there any possible way you’d be willing to run by my house and check on my mom? I stayed at a friend’s place last night and haven’t been home.”
“Of course.”
I’d just finished giving her the code to our front door when the doors opened and Camille came out with red eyes. Drew’s mom followed close behind her.
Camille hugged Stacy, then me. As she did, she broke down in sobs all over again.
“I didn’t know,” she mumbled over her tears. “Last night when you were calling looking for him, I had no idea. He told me he had plans and that was it.”
I nodded. “That’s more than he told me.”
His mom hugged me and then spoke quietly with Stacy for a few minutes.
“I’m so sorry about last night,” Camille said, wiping her eyes. “Derek and I got into it. I looked everywhere for you but then the carnival was closing and I couldn’t get through to your phone.”
“It’s okay,” I told her. Thanks to Aiden, it truly was. “I found a ride.”
“Did you drive here? Drew’s mom said you were with a guy last night, and um, those are the same clothes you had on yesterday.”
A blush crept across my cheeks. “I ran into a guy from one of the classes I took at Southeastern this summer. He drove me here last night and today.”
“Do you need a ride home or is he here somewhere?”
“I had him drop me off. A ride home would be awesome.”
Stacy gestured to us and told me I could go back and see Drew now. His aunt joined us in the waiting room and she and Drew’s mom began another round of sobbing and hugging.
