Page 62 of Flirting with the CEO

Chapter Seventeen

Colton

We arrived at the clinicforty minutes later. I’d never been inside it before. It only had two levels and a small reception area manned by one guy.

"Hello! I’m Colton Whitley," I said. "You received a patient named Jeannie Whitley this morning."

“Sure. Please go upstairs and join the others.”

I took Zoey's hand, leading her up the staircase. I didn’t want to bother with an elevator, as it might slow us down. "I think my brothers are here."

"Oh?" Zoey asked. "Do you want me to, I don't know, wait downstairs until they're gone or something?"

"No. It's as good a time as any for you to meet them."

“Okay.” Her eyes flickered.

"What's that look?" I inquired.

“Nothing. I've always wondered if your brothers are like you.”

I chuckled. "You’ll find out today."

I heard my grandfather's voice before I saw him, then stopped in my tracks. My half brothers were here too. Maddox, Nick, and Leo were pacing the hallway. They bore only a slight resemblance to my brothers and me. We all had blue eyes, and theirs were green and brown. They had also inherited our father's dark brown hair, whereas my brothers and I were a few shades lighter.

Grandfather was sitting, looking distraught. My entire body tensed. They all glanced up when they saw me.

"Colton!" Maddox exclaimed, then glanced at Zoey.

"Zoey, these are my half brothers." I introduced all of them by name. She shook hands with each of them. "Grandfather, any news?"

"No, they're doing tests. They think it's simply dehydration." He shook his head. "Sometimes she gets so involved in what she's doing that she forgets to drink water."

I relaxed a bit. “That doesn't sound so bad.”

"They gave her an IV with electrolytes,” Maddox said. They usually took everything in stride, but he sounded concerned.

I tensed again. "She needs an IV?"

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