Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 50753 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50753 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
“I’m glad it tastes good. Can you hold it, or should I put it in the cupholder?”
Sapphire handed it to him. That was too much responsibility. She rested her head on the seat as he drove out of the parking lot.
“How are you going to get your bike home?” she asked.
“Kade drove me over. I’ll ride my bike to your shop tonight to close up.”
“What would I do without you?”
“I don’t plan on you ever figuring that out, Little girl.”
Time seemed to pass quickly because the next thing she focused on was the Shadowridge Guardians’ complex. “Do you even know how to drive a car?” she asked.
Blade just laughed and squeezed her knee. She decided that must mean he did. Seconds later, Blade picked her up and carried her inside. “Aren’t you supposed to be driving?”
“I’m all done, sweetheart. We’re going to get you feeling better now,” Blade assured her.
“That would be nice,” she whispered, closing her eyes.
The clubhouse was fairly quiet as Blade walked through. A few people called out, asking if Sapphire was okay. Blade told them Doc was going to check on her. The positive support for that reassured Sapphire this was a smart idea. They all seemed to think a lot of Doc.
Blade carried her straight to the medical office. The door stood wide open. Blade entered and sat her on the exam table before positioning himself next to her.
Leaning against his hard chest, Sapphire glanced around the room. As sick as she was, Sapphire was amazed that it seemed like a doctor’s office. “How often does someone get hurt?” she mumbled to Doc and his Little who appeared in the doorway.
“More frequently than you’d imagine,” Doc told her before turning to Harper. “Go on, Little girl. I need to see how I can help Sapphire.”
“Feel better, Sapphire,” Harper told her cheerfully before lifting her lips for her Daddy’s kiss. In a flash, she was gone, shutting the door behind her as she left.
“Sapphire, you look like you’re suffering. What’s going on?” Doc asked her.
A fit of coughing overtook her when she opened her mouth to answer. Doc immediately turned and got her a small paper cup of water.
“That’s a terrible cough. Sip this slowly.”
He held the cup as she drank, seemingly understanding that she had no energy. “Good girl. Does your throat hurt?”
Sapphire swallowed, testing it out and nodded. She didn’t want to talk. That always made her start hacking.
“How are your ears?” Doc asked.
Sapphire shrugged. Everything hurt. She couldn’t answer that question truthfully. Her assorted symptoms had coalesced into a horrid illness.
“How about if I just check you over? Okay?”
She nodded. That was much easier than having to think. Her brain was so fuzzy.
“Blade, let’s get her undressed. From her shivers, she’ll be better wrapped in a blanket as I examine her,” Doc requested.
Before she had absorbed that statement, the two men removed her clothing. Doc took off her shoes and socks while Blade pulled her T-shirt over her head and unfastened her bra. Sapphire crossed her arms in front of her breasts to shield herself.
“No! What are you doing?”
Immediately, those words launched a coughing fit that zapped her last bit of energy. She drooped, propped up on Blade’s chest. He rubbed her arm and back as he supported her.
“Blue Eyes, Doc has to examine you so he can help you feel better. Do you get undressed when you go to the doctor’s office?” Blade asked.
Shaking her head no, Sapphire tried to convince him.
“I don’t believe that, Little girl. How long has it been since you were at the doctor’s?” Blade asked.
It was hard to think, so she carefully held up five fingers, trying to keep herself covered.
“Five months?” Doc questioned.
She shook her head again.
“Five years?” Blade guessed.
Sapphire shrugged and nodded. It was probably over seven, but she wasn’t going to tell them that.
“That means it was longer than that,” Doc predicted. “You’re due for a full physical when you’re well, Sapphire. Let’s check on that cough first. We need to get your clothes off so I can see if anything else is going on. You want to feel better, right?”
After hesitating for a second, Sapphire nodded. She felt lousy.
Immediately, the men finished the job. Blade laid her back on the exam table and turned her on her side before Doc draped the softest blanket ever over the top of her. Sapphire gathered a clump of the material in her hands and held it to her cold nose.
“Temperature first, Sapphire. Just stay still,” Doc told her.
She knew what was coming. Doc pulled on gloves before applying cold lubricant to her bottom and spreading it around. Sapphire decided she much preferred feeling the warmth of her Daddy’s touch instead. She shivered when he pressed the thermometer inside.
“I’m sorry, Sapphire. That’s just too cold, isn’t it?” Doc asked. His tone was sympathetic.