I nodded. “She said you guys…” My voice trailed off when Imogen entered the room.
“How are you holding up, Jesse?” she asked, that pleasant smile ever so prominent on her face.
“G—good,” he stuttered.
She started checking his vitals, and curiosity got the better of me. “He said he’s having trouble walking?”
She frowned.
“Yeah, unfortunately, it’s another side effect that can happen with a traumatic brain injury. It’ll eventually work itself out, but the biggest thing we need to focus on currently is getting him up and moving the best we can. Which is not easy. Have you seen the size of this guy?”
Sandman beamed proudly.
“I—I’m all b—beef.”
We both laughed, Imogene’s gaze locking with mine. There was that wayward heart racing again. The way her slate-gray eyes glimmered in the overhead light was mesmerizing.
“Okay, I’ll let you two talk, but seriously, if you need anything at all, Jesse. Please, push that button.”
“Thank you,” I stated, standing as she started to leave the room.
A cute blush crept over her cheeks and the rosy hue only made her freckles stand out more.
“Well, goodbye, Jesse… Levi,” she acknowledged, nodding her head to me.
She remembered my name.
The second the door closed, a slow chuckle broke the silence in the room.
“Y—you h—have it b—bad.”
My head flopped over to look at him as my eyes simultaneously rolled. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
He grinned, his mouth pulling up inch by painful inch. “Y—you l—l—l—like her.”
“She’s pretty.”
He nodded.
“And her smile is great.”
Another slow nod.
“And she seems to be great at her job.”
He smiled again, his movements a tad faster than the last.
“Sh—she’d b—b—be a g—g—good fit f—for y—you.”
“Maybe in another life. Right now, we got bigger things to worry about than hot nurses who turn my head.”
His brow scrunched painfully, as if he was trying to process my words.
“Wh—what d—d—do y—you mean?”
“This shit with Sabbath. If he finds out that half of us have been fucking his woman behind his back, an all-out war is going to start.”
His eyes migrated to the window, staring at the cloudy sky that seemed to be darkening as we spoke.