A Second Chance (Fated Mate)(20)
Just then she heard Shana, “I’m here.” Shana walked into the room, “I’ll stay with her Conner. Go get stitched up; you’ve waited too long as it is.” She was pushing Conner out the door and right into Jake. “Watch him,” and Shana slammed the door in their faces.
Shana went to the head of Katie’s gurney and supported her neck as Bertha rolled her over like a log. Katie could feel Dr. Holtz running his hand down her back, which wasn’t painful at all. The doctor came up to remove the cervical collar and palpate her neck, but stiffened halfway through the exam. He sniffed and then sniffed again before saying, “Uh, did you know you were pregnant Ms. Ward?”
Not again with the smelling, “Yes, thank you genius doctor for bringing that up after, yet another, traumatic event. When you’re done here, maybe we could go outside, and you could kick some puppies.”
Shana tried to make excuses for her friend, “She’s just a little upset lately, pregnancy hormones.”
Dammit, Katie was sick of making excuses, and she didn’t want to be forgiven or make friends. Right now, she wanted to rage at the world.
The doctors hands stilled and the room got quiet.
“What’s the problem now?” Katie demanded. The doctor gave the okay for Shana and Betsy to roll her back after removing the board.
“You smell of rage so bitter I don’t think I’ve smelled the like,” Dr. Holtz’s replied. “We’ll skip the x-rays because of the pregnancy, and you said you felt no pain in your back or neck. Do you want to see a therapist for the…ahem, anger?”
The smell intensified and Dr. Holtz and Betsy backed up to the door. The doctor said, “She can stay off the board and remove the collar, but she needs to stay until her labs come back. Plus, I’ll need to do her ultrasound to check the pregnancy, but…we’ll come back.” They practically ran out of the room.
Shana yelled, “What the hell? She’s not even a shifter. Why are you afraid?”
Katie was disgusted, “You’re ER staff are pansies Shana. You’ll have to toughen them up. By the way, who’s going to pick up Trevor?”
Shana giggled, “It’s not often a pregnant woman in a car accident tells them she’s going to come back with her gun and shoot their balls.” Shana’s giggling turned into a full blown laugh. As she was wiping the tears from her eyes Shana said, “Tara was home and she agreed to pick up Trevor. They’ve bonded quite a bit.”
“I’m glad you find all this drama funny. Do you think I should apologize? Maybe seeing a therapist wouldn’t be a bad idea. I’m tired Shana, and hurt-inside and out.
“I know Katie but we’ll get through this together. Trevor says not to worry, that it’s your turn to be happy. When has he ever been wrong?”
Conner came bursting into the room, “What’s wrong? The doctor and nurse came running down the hall talking about a lady with a gun.”
He looked genuinely concerned if not a little silly. He had a drape covering half of his face and he was lifting the corners of it so that he could see Katie’s face. The girls couldn’t help but laugh.
“So, everything is fine then? You didn’t hear about a patient with a gun? Wouldn’t they announce it over the loudspeaker?”
Katie hoped they didn’t announce the crazy lady with the gun, because Conner would realize it was her. Bummer.
Shana took it upon herself to answer Conner’s questions, “No they wouldn’t announce it over the loudspeaker. But they would evacuate the hospital, so I think we’re safe. To your other question, I’m sure everything would be fine and dandy if her mate,” pointing to Conner “hadn’t almost killed her in a car accident. Or, if he wasn’t thoughtless enough to fuck, bite, and impregnate her all in her first sexual encounter. Oh, let’s not forget that there’s someone who wants to hurt, maybe even kill, her and we have no idea who it is. Sure everything is lovely Conner.” Shana smiled sweetly.#p#分页标题#e#
His eyes changed to yellow again. “Are you going to be on me about that forever Alpha mate? I said I was sorry, what else do you want me to do? If I could go back and change things, I would ask for her consent about the mating. Do you want me to leave my mate, and abandon my baby? Would that make you both happy?” He was yelling now and looking at Katie who had begun to tear up.
The room went silent as Jake walked up behind Conner shaking his head. Shana and Conner were staring each other down. Katie was sick of the fighting. Sick of being expected to take sides, and sick of feeling like no one was on her side. They were working against her. How could they be on her side if they were against each other?