22 Asher

Asher

Lori dosed off as I read to her. Peace taking over her features for the first time since her sleepy smile in my arms before she freaked out. I lay my head back against the chair and smile as the same nurse from earlier entered the room.

“How’s our girl?” she asks me as she quietly checks the IV and other machines surrounding the bed.

“Safe.” I growled as I adjusted into another position in the seat. These damn things were not made for a six-foot two man of my size. Or anyone really. Damn things hard as a rock. I had it leant back so I could stretch out but still didn’t make it comfortable.

The nurse smiles as she takes Lori’s blood pressure without waking her. “Can I get you a blanket and a pillow?”

“Please.” I say smiling as I exaggerate the sound.

She laughed softly and wrote down her findings and left the room. She came back quickly with a warm blanket and fresh pillow and handed it to me.

“Thanks.” I said before placing the pillow behind me and stretchin