“You were just in a coma,” she said.
He held out his hand and was pleased when she instantly took it. “I want to be home.”
She looked so sad for a moment, and he wondered why, but it wasn’t the right time to ask.
“Can you come with me to the X-ray?”
“Yes. The doctor said I was to help you with anything you needed.”
The orderly didn’t look very happy, but Zachary didn’t give a shit. The young man and Kane helped him onto the gurney. He sighed when he was lying down.
“We’ll head out now. Call if you need us, man,” Travis said. “We’ll come to get you to take you home. If you need us before then, call.”
“Thanks, guys.”
A grueling hour later, another orderly helped him onto his bed. Anna was there and covered him up before handing him his cup of water.
“Thank you.”
She nodded and waited for him. The orderly left and closed the door.
“How are you doing?” she asked.
“I’m tired.”
He could feel his limbs shaking from just that little jaunt, which pissed him off. He didn’t like being weak but would suck it up and work on getting stronger. It would help to have Anna with him. The thought of being able to have her under him and him inside of her eventually was enough incentive to get him moving.
Chapter Five
Anna nodded. “It will take a while to get all your strength back. Don’t push yourself so hard. Are you hungry?”
He snorted. “Not for hospital food.”
She smiled. “Some of it is good. They have great grilled cheese and hamburger.”
“If you’ll eat with me.”
She nodded. “Sure.” She couldn’t get her heart to settle down. He wanted to be with her. That thought kept going through her mind because she was so shocked by it. No one wanted to be with her except two friends, Jenny and Becca, and she was forbidden to see them.
God, her mother could be an awful person, and she wished that her father was still alive. He would have let her follow her dream instead of making her into something she didn’t want to be.
Anna ordered two cheeseburgers with fries and strawberry and chocolate shakes. She’d take either of them, so she would let him choose which one he wanted.
“Come here and sit beside me, honey,” Zachary held his hand out and waited for her to come to him. “Up here on the bed.”
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
“You won’t. I want to talk to you about something.”
Her stomach dropped. This was where he’d tell her goodbye.
She climbed up beside his hip and sat facing him.
“Why do you look so sad?” he asked.
She shrugged.
“When I ask you a question, I’d like an answer.”