Feel Like Makin' Love (Rock and Roll Trilogy #3) by Barbara Stewart Read Free Book Online Page A

felt relief course through his body.
    “We’re on our way. Andy is ca lling White’s now,” she explained.
    “No,” Matthew said, quickly. “ No, we’ll work something out at the flat. Just come here. Please, I need you to just come here.”
    She heard anxiousness in his voice . “We’re on our way to get a car.”
     
    ~ ~ ~
     
    It was just past 5:30 that evening by the time they got Carlee settled in a room. An hour later Andy and Geni were walking through the door. Matthew was seated next to her, holding her hand. He rose to hug them both, but mostly to allow Andy to take the seat beside Carlee.
    “Papa,” she said and started to cry again.
    He kissed her forehead , and a wave of memories, filled with emotion, washed over him. “Some people will do anything to get a little attention,” he said, trying to keep it light.
    Matthew and Geni stepped into the hall. “I’m so glad you’re here. So far they’ve only told us her white blood count was elevated.”
    “So, her body’s fighting something,” Geni thought out loud.
    “Waiting on results from the CT scan of her head and tests they’ve already done. I was going to go to the flat to grab some things she needs. If I give you a list, can you and Andy do that? I already asked, and they’ll let me stay here tonight. You can take your things and freshen up. I know this all happened quickly. Make whatever sleeping arrangements there that you would like.”
    “Two beds th ere, right?” she asked.
    “Yes, Mom,” he smiled. “Listen, I need a favor when you get there; can you go to our bedroom first? It’s not that it’s risqué or trashy or anything, but Andy doesn’t need to see it. There’s a picture on the table on my side of the bed. It’s from our trip to Tuscany. We got caught in a rain downpour,” he said sheepishly, “and well, Carlee doesn’t wear a bra…”
    “You don’t need to say anything else. I’ll slip it in a dra wer.” She hugged him and kissed his cheek.
    “The sheets in the spare room are clean; you can find clean ones for our bed in the linen closet. No idea what the bathroom or the kitchen will look like…” he mumbled.
    “Stop worrying about all that ; you have enough to fill your head here. You’ve had a long day,” she told him, kicking into full on ‘momma bear mode,’ as she always did.
    “Some birthday party, hunh?” he said, sadly.
     
    ~ ~ ~
     
    Matthew and Geni looked in the room and saw Andy stroking Carlee’s head. He’d leaned over and appeared to be whispering in her ear. She was crying, and Matthew and Geni both knew why. She was thinking of her mama, and she was scared…
    “Carlee, I need to know why you haven’t gone back to the doctor. We could have already been dealing with whatever this is - had it behind us,” Andy was saying.
    “I don’t know, Papa. I guess because I don’t want to know - I’m scared,” she mumbled.
     
    I love her so much. I’m trying not to worry. I’m trying to hide my own fears and be strong for her, but this is killing me on the inside with worry.
     
    ~ ~ ~
     
    Later, Andy and Geni went to the flat to take their bags and gather the things Matthew asked for. Geni slipped the picture into the drawer beside the bed, but not without an artistic glance at the photo. It’s beautiful, she thought as she closed the drawer.
    When they returned t o the hospital it was around 8:30, and the doctor was in the room. “Dr. Saunders, my mom, Geni Davis, and my father-in-law, Andy Stevens,” he introduced them.
    “I was just getting ready to talk to Carlee and Matthew about some results that we have so far,” he looked to Carlee.
    “I want them all to hear whatever it is you’re going to say,” she said, knowing he was looking to her for guidance.
    “ This is what we know for now. Carlee, you were right; you are not pregnant," he smiled. “As we explored the results I kept the vertigo diagnosis in mind and reached out to Dr. Withborne. After our conversation