Page 35 of The Voices are Back

But, why wouldn’t it be? She’d spent the last few years completely alone with no one to be here when she needed them.

I know that I hadn’t been there.

“Vitals look good except for her heart rate,” the medic said. “That’s really high.”

“It stays high,” I found myself saying. “That’s part of POTS. Her body overreacts. Sends her heart rate skyrocketing well past when it should’ve calmed down. But it’ll get there.”

“It will,” Morrigan croaked.

She sounded bloody awful.

“Oh, Mama,” I said. “You don’t sound good.”

“I need to get milk to the store,” she croaked.

I pulled out my phone and texted KD, telling him what I needed. I also asked him to make sure that my bike was moved to the store for when I took her there later. Then I thought better of it and asked him to look for her car as well. I hadn’t seen it, but that didn’t mean that it wasn’t there.

“Did you get a new car?” I asked.

She shook her head. “No. Just parked in the dark spot.”

She really did sound bad.

“Don’t speak,” the medic said. “You might have some damage to your throat area, and until we can rule out anything, let’s not exacerbate it.”

Morrigan nodded her head.

Then winced and closed her eyes.

“There anything that you can give her?” I asked.

“Until I know how what she has can be affected by drugs, I don’t feel comfortable giving her anything,” he admitted. “We’re almost there, and then the doctors can give her something for pain.”

Fuck.

Well, it made complete sense. I wouldn’t want to give her anything that might kill her either.

“Okay,” I grumbled.

But then we were there.

The ambulance turned, then started to back up to the bay.

All the while, Morrigan lay rigid on the gurney.

I caught her hand in mine, and she didn’t squeeze it back.

Yeah, she was definitely mad at me.

“Do you want me to call anyone?” I asked. “Your friend Folsom?”

“Folsom is busy,” she croaked.

So that was a no.

Got it.

I got out when the doors opened, but kept pace with the two medics as they transferred care to the nurses and doctors that looked bored as hell until we walked in the doors.

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