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Brandon grabbed some gloves and took the other man s hand in his to examine the
cuts. What did you do to cut your hand up like this?
I...uh...locked my keys in my car so I broke the window to get in.
Why don t I believe you?
You smashed the window on your car to get inside with your hand?
Yeah.
Brandon heard commotion down the hall and he assumed the ambulance had arrived.
Well, I m going to have to stitch a couple of those
lacerations. They are pretty deep, but I ve got an ambulance that just rolled in, so it
might take a little bit. When did you have a Tetanus shot last?
Tony shrugged. Don t have a clue.
I ll have the nurse give you one and then I ll sew you up. Hang tight right here.
Brandon shook his head and pulled open the door before he headed back down the hall
toward the nurses station. Several people stood in the
doorway to exam six where he d told them to put the ambulance patient the employee
and he frowned. He told Kristi to give Tony a shot and
order an x-ray of his hand to make sure nothing was broken before he moved toward
the ruckus.
All right, people. Let me see what we have. He moved toward the top of the bed.
Someone give me a report.
She was assaulted in her home. Bruises to the face. No loss of consciousness, but
she s got some vaginal bleeding... The paramedic s voice
trailed off when Brandon got to the top of the bed and realized who lay on the gurney.
Savannah? He brushed the hair out of her eyes. What happened?
The eye that wasn t swollen shut opened and she whispered through cracked lips,
Brandon?
Who did this to you?
She closed her eyes again and tried to shake her head.
Tell me, Savannah.
No. I ll deal with this.
The room grew quiet. Doctor Cooper. What kind of tests do you want?
Uh. A CT of the head, x-rays of her neck. He focused on Savannah s face. Where is
your pain?
Just my neck and face.
She s got some vaginal bleeding too, the paramedic reported.
An abdomen CT then.
No!
But you re bleeding, Savannah. We need to know what the problem is.
She closed her eyes a moment and a tear slipped from her eye into her hair. It s
nothing that can be fixed. If it s meant to be, it s meant to be.
I don t understand.
Her eyes opened again. I need to talk to you.
He frowned. Okay.
She shifted her gaze to some of the others around them before it returned to him. In
private.
Can you all leave us a minute?
Sure doc, the group chorused around them, but when the door shut behind the crowd,
his gaze focused on her face.
What s going on?
She licked her dry lips and another tear slipped out.
Don t cry.
I can t help it. A watery smile rippled across her lips. You need to order an ultrasound
first.
Ultrasound? Of what?
My abdomen. Transvaginal, preferably.
Why?
A sigh slipped from between her lips. I need to know if I m losing the baby.
The what?
The baby. Our baby.
You re pregnant?
Yes.
God, Savannah. Why didn t you tell me? He took her hand in his and she choked back
a laugh.
After what you said?
I know what I said. I was angry. He raked his fingers through his hair. Hell! I still am!
She pulled her hand out of his grasp and said, Great, Brandon. Thanks.
Savannah...
Order the damned tests and I want another physician.
Too bad. You re stuck with me.
Then transfer me.
He laughed. You know they wouldn t do that.
They will if I request it and I m requesting it.
Damn! You can be a bitch, you know that?
Yeah. He said the same thing before he hit me.
* * * *
Thanks, Tracy, Savannah said after the nurse pulled the blanket up around her.
You re welcome, Doctor Gibson. You need anything, just holler.
I will.
Has the bleeding stopped?
Yeah. For the most part, thank goodness.
I bet you re glad.
Savannah s hand went to her still-flat stomach. Yes, I am. I haven t even really had the
chance to absorb it. I only found out this morning. I m
thrilled I didn t lose it.
Did you even get a chance to tell the daddy?
She bit her lip. Brandon. Sort of. He didn t find out in the best way.
Well, I m glad you are feeling better, even if you can t see out of that eye.
She chuckled and winced as her fingers gently touched the large bruise.
Get some rest. I ll check on you in a bit.
The door closed behind Tracy and Savannah shut her eyes. Her thoughts returned to
the disturbing man downstairs. He refused to transfer her
and when he'd called her obstetrician and told her Savannah was in the emergency
room with vaginal bleeding, Mandy rushed over, examined her,
did the ultrasound, and told her the baby still sat snuggly in her womb. They d insisted
she stay for observation and didn t give her much choice in
the matter at all. When the nurse rolled her out in the wheelchair, her gaze found him
sitting at the desk for a moment before she went around the
corner and couldn t see him anymore.
Now, what the hell am I going to do? Brandon and I are obviously going to have to come to
some sort of compromise. He s not taking this
child away from me. If I have to use my entire trust fund to fight him, I will.
A knock sounded on her door and she said, Come in.
Brandon poked his head around the door jam. Is it okay to come in or are you going to
throw something at me?
She chuckled and rolled her eyes. I don t have anything handy.
He grabbed the chair next to the bed and sat a brown paper bag on her lap.
What s this?
Dinner. I know you didn t get anything downstairs and supper time is over up here.
Besides, hospital food sucks.
The smell that hit her nose made her mouth water. What is it? She opened the bag
and shot him a look. Chinese?
Yeah. I think you mentioned once you liked it.
She pulled several containers out of the bag and set them on the table. There s enough
food here for an army.
He didn t say anything and she shot him a glance before she said, Brandon?
I haven t eaten today either. I thought maybe we could share.
He opened several containers and named off the contents while her mouth watered.
She pulled out a couple of paper plates and he dished up a
little of each before he handed it to her along with a fork. They sat in silence eating
moo-shoo chicken, rice, eggrolls, and sweet-n-sour pork for
several moments.
After he cleared his throat, he said, Doctor Dhamir said the baby is okay, right?
Yes.
Where did the bleeding come from?
She told me there had actually been a second sac attached to my uterus.
His shocked expression almost made her laugh. Twins?
Apparently a second embryo had attached, but the sac had nothing in it. A blighted
ovum. It had separated from the wall and begun to pass,
thus the bleeding and had nothing to do with the attack. It would have happened
anyway.
You never did tell me who hit you.
I m not going to either, Brandon.
Don t you trust me?
Her eyes narrowed slightly. I trust you with my life, but I will handle this.
Damn, you re stubborn!
She smiled. So my parents tell me.
Have you told them about the baby?
Savannah captured her bottom lip between her teeth and then said, No.
Are you going to?
Well of course I m going to.
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