Glow (Glimmer and Glow 2) - Page 110

“Hi,” she murmured. She stretched experimentally. Her body was stiff and it hurt, but there was noticeable improvement compared to yesterday.

“How’s the pain today?” Dylan asked.

“Better. Not so sore. I slept like a rock,” she said, yawning.

“Having Kuvi and Dave here yesterday afternoon wore you out,” Dylan said, standing.

“Telling Kuvi and Dave about the drama of Alice Reed’s life was what wore me out.” She vividly recalled the expression of blank incredulity on their faces when Alice finally got around to explaining that Dylan had found her because he believed she was Adelaide Durand.

“It was too much, to have to explain it all, first to Maggie, and then to Kuvi and Dave,” he said, dark brows pinched in a severe expression. “I want you to take it easy today.”

Her gaze ran over him warmly. “Stop lecturing me. It’s turning me on.”

He shook his head. But she’d made him smile, and inexplicably, the vision made her throat tighten with feeling.

She needed him so much. It embarrassed her, this rampant want he inspired, but she couldn’t stop it. She held out her arms. He gave a small smile and sat on the edge of her bed, his arms going around her gently. She couldn’t wait for the day when he didn’t have to hug her like she was made of fine china. A feeling of nostalgia—or was it loss—rose in her. Would things ever be the same, after that horrible night? She pressed her nose against his sternum and inhaled him.

“I wish I could clean up in your huge, gorgeous shower and use some of your soap. You always smell so good. And I’m so disgusting after only a bed bath and then being hosed off in that gross bathroom down the hall. I felt like a horse, except Doah probably has better facilities than that,” she muttered, frowning. Thinking about Doah had sent another spike of emotion through her.

He kissed the top of her head. “You still smell like Alice.”

“If my normal smell is sweat and antiseptic and hospital stench.” She buried her nose further into his chest. “I love you.”

His low chuckle made her want to cry. She really needed to get ahold of herself. Her emotions had been alarmingly fragile lately.

“Do you love me, or my clean shirt and steam-showered body?”

“It’s all good, trust me,” she muttered thickly.

“Excuse me,” a woman said.

Alice withdrew her nose from Dylan’s chest reluctantly. She saw a nurse’s aide standing a few feet inside her room, a wheelchair in front of her.

“I’m here to take you for your hearing test,” the aide said, smiling.

“Okay,” Alice groaned, starting to extricate herself from Dylan. She’d never wanted to leave a place as much as she did this hospital, and at the same time . . .

. . . she dreaded leaving there. She dreaded the decisions she needed to make.

“Why is she going for a hearing test?” Dylan asked the aide, standing.

“I’m not really sure,” the aide said. “Doctor’s orders.”

“Did the doctor say something to you?” Dylan asked Alice, his brow furrowed. The nurse wheeled the chair closer to her bed and helped Alice into it. It gave her a few blessed seconds of avoiding Dylan’s eyes.

“Alice?”

“It’s no biggie. The doctor thinks I have some hearing loss in my left ear.”

“What?” Dylan asked. She hated that look in his eyes. “What made the doctor think that?”

She sighed. “It’s not a major deal.”

“What made her think it?” Dylan demanded. “Was it something on the brain scans?”

“No.”

“Then why the hell—”

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