degree.
She plugged away for a good couple of hours. Luckily, her phone didn’t
ring. It wasn’t on silent and she couldn’t reach it to switch it over.
When the door cracked open, Christina looked up. She put a finger to
her lips, but it was Taylor, and she must have had an intrinsic instinct that
allowed her to be extra silent. She did look surprised when she saw Chloe
cuddled up against Christina’s side. Her gaze darted up from Chloe to
Christina’s face.
“I just got a call,” Taylor whispered, but her tone was urgent. She
stepped inside and Christina put her tablet aside. She noticed the lines
bracketing Taylor’s eyes and lips. Something was wrong. “From one of my
friends. She’s been in a car accident. It’s not serious, but her neck is pretty
sore, and she wants to go get checked out. They’re towing her car and she’s
going to take a cab to the hospital. She normally picks her son up from
school.” She looked back at Chloe
and chewed her lip. “God, I hate to wake
her up when she needs to rest. She’s going to have to be in the car for hours
by the time I get Joseph and get to the hospital. Shit. Wait. If Adriana gets
admitted, I can’t bring Chloe in there. She did say that they’ve all had
chicken pox already so she wasn’t worried about that, but I can’t just leave
Chloe in the car while I take Joseph in there. Juliana, Adriana’s partner, has
her phone off since she’s in meetings until late tonight.” Taylor reached up
and brushed an arm over her forehead. She kept looking at Chloe, obviously
trying to think of a solution.
“I can watch her.” Christina wasn’t sure which one of them was more
shocked at the suggestion. Taylor’s brows nearly jumped straight into the
ceiling tiles.
“It would be hours before I could get back here. I don’t know how late
I’d be. Maybe really late, if Adriana is at the hospital for a long time or if
she gets admitted.”