Page 81 of A Play for Love

“Because I want to check the tendons and the soft tissue.”

We moved Ella into CT, entered the control room, and waited for the images to appear on the screen. The door opened, and Jackson and Christian walked in.

“Nothing yet?” Christian asked.

“The images should be coming right about—shit,” Conner said.

“Damn,” Jackson said.

“She broke it in three places?” I glanced at Conner.

“Yeah, and look at this.” He pointed to the screen. “I’ll have to go in and realign this piece and secure it with some screws for it to heal properly.”

“Shit.” I ran my hand down my face. “She’ll be in a cast for the wedding, won’t she?”

“Yeah. The very minimum will be eight weeks.”

“We better go tell her,” I said.

“I’ll go get an O.R. booked for you,” Christian walked out of the room.

“How bad is it? I want to see,” Ella spoke when we stepped inside the CT room.

“We’ll show you when we get you back down to the ER, sweetheart,” I spoke.

Conner brought up the images of Ella’s arm on the monitor in the room.

“Wow,” she said. “You’re going to have to realign the bones and put in some screws, Uncle Conner.”

“That’s right, my little genius.” He gave her a sympathetic smile.

“Okay. I’m ready. Do what you have to do.”

“You are so brave.” Sofia kissed the top of her head.

Christian walked into the room. “O.R. three is ready. How are you doing, darling?” He walked over to Ella and placed his hand on her.

“It hurts really bad, Uncle Christian,” she whined.

“I know it does.” His lips formed a pout. “Uncle Conner will get you all fixed up.”

“Dad, will you be in the O.R. with me? Please.”

“Of course, sweetheart. You don’t think I’d let your Uncle Conner perform surgery on you unsupervised, do you?”

“Let’s get this little genius prepped,” Conner said.

CHAPTER29

Nathan

“Okay, baby. It’s time to go to sleep.” I smiled as she lay on the operating table.

“Sweet dreams, Ella.” Conner winked at her and gestured to the anesthesiologist to push the medication.

“She’s out,” Dave said.

“Okay, team. Let’s get this arm fixed.”

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