Doctor's Baby - BWWM Romance (Doctor's Love Book 3) by Violet Jackson Read Free Book Online Page B

out when he was better or at least awake. Then he could answer what happened to him and figure it all out. She couldn’t think about an inevitability where he did not wake up, so she kept saying when he did in her mind.
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    Meeka was not familiar with the hospital, so she had to go to the information booth to find him. The woman behind the counter gave her directions up to the fifth floor and a visitor sticker to wear on the floor. The elevator took forever and soon she was on the intensive care ward and she walked softer. Her heels clicked slightly on the marble floors and she walked slower to make it less noticeable. It was silent as a graveyard there and she felt a couple glances from worn-out looking people as she passed several rooms. She looked down at the paper in her hand, though she had already memorized the number as she repeated it to herself on the way up there.
    She stopped at the room with the number 5133 on the partially opened door. At first, she hoped that they had made a mistake and they somehow had the wrong guy. Maybe Rick had left his wallet somewhere, but when she saw the man on the bed, she knew it was Rick. Even with the tubes and bandages, she knew that it was him.
    “Oh, baby.”
    She walked towards his bed and touched his face gently. Bandages were wrapped around and only his mouth and cheeks were clear of the material. She brushed a soft kiss on his lips and lay on the bed next to him. Meeka did not know what else to do, so she dodged the tubes keeping him alive and laid her head on his chest. Maybe she shouldn’t have, but she just needed to be close to him. At the same time, she was convinced that he would just wake up any minute.
    “Please don’t leave me, Rick. Not like this. I can’t take another loss and I need you. I will go to California, wherever you want to go, I will go.”
    She pleaded with him and talked to him, explained herself as he lay there lifeless. Meeka thought that he could somehow hear her because his heart rate spiked several times. She was awakened by a nurse a little while later and after she was done checking on Rick and administering a medicine into his I.V., she was allowed to climb back into the bed with him. She would have been hard pressed to be told to get out of there anyways, but she was glad she didn’t have to fight them about it. There were also visitation limits and times, but they were overlooked by the staff. They let her stay all day and when she talked to her mother and she agreed to watch the kids overnight, she stayed the night with him as well. Meeka could not go home and face her children. She did not have the heart to tell them that Daddy may not wake up. She was only prepared to tell them that he was in the hospital getting better, so he needed to.
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    It was three days before he finally woke up. There had been whispers of pulling the plug with statistics from the doctor the day before, but Meeka would not hear any of it.
    “He will wake up, Doc. You don’t know him like I do.”
    “Meeka?”
    “Yes, baby. I'm here!”
    “Water. Can you…”
    Meeka was up in a flash and grabbing some by the sink. She brought the straw to his lips and drank in the sight of him. His face did not have the same natural vibrant look that it usually did, but it didn’t matter, his eyes were open and he was speaking. She didn’t call the nurse right away, but she finally did walk in.
    “Mr. Rogers! So glad to see that you are with us again. I will go tell the doctor that you're awake. He is eager to see you.”
    Rick nodded and then smiled back up at Meeka. They had talked for a while and he knew now that it was all just a big misunderstanding. Meeka wanted to ask him about what had happened, but she did not think that he was ready yet. Or maybe it was her that was not ready to hear it.
    “I have to go see the kids, baby. I haven’t seen them in three days and I know they will want to know that you're awake. I can bring them tomorrow, but I would like