Total pages in book: 189
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Before Mrs. Terrill left, Larissa introduced her to Priscilla. Then, after she’d escorted her to the door, Larissa turned back to her sister.
“She seemed nice.”
“I agree.”
Priscilla leaned on the side of the front desk. “How’d it go?”
“I couldn’t tell.” Larissa shrugged. “She seemed interested in both options. I guess we’ll know in a few days.”
Larissa went back to her office to call Eryn again. Hanging up the phone, she looked up as Priscilla walked in.
“Still haven’t heard from Eryn?”
Making up her mind, she went to the closet to take out her coat.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to drive to her house and check on her.”
Priscilla frowned. “How far away?”
“About twenty minutes. I’ll be back before my next appointment.”
“I’m not worried about that. I could do the appointment for you. I just don’t want you going by yourself. Wait until my appointment is over, and I’ll go with you.”
“You have two appointments back-to-back; I don’t want to wait.”
“No, then I’ll cancel my appointment and go with you.”
“You can’t. It’s Crazy Bitch. She would have already left her house. In all likelihood, she just doesn’t want to use me and didn’t want to tell me.”
“Was she still having issues with her husband?”
“I don’t think so. She told me he had agreed to a divorce and was giving her space to think it over.”
“Call the sheriff’s office and ask them for a welfare check on her. I really don’t feel good about you going.”
“Eryn told me Dennis threatened her the last time she called the police on him. I don’t want to start an argument if they did decide to get back together. I’ll take my phone and call you before I go in. You can hear the whole thing.”
Taking her phone out of the desk, Larissa walked from her office to the front just as Crazy Bitch arrived for her appointment.
“Hey, honoree bitches. What’s shaking?”
Larissa laughed. “You’re in a good mood today.”
Crazy Bitch came sashaying into the office as if she felt like a million bucks. “Why wouldn’t I be? I’ve been keeping my man busy this month. You’re going to give me some good news today, aren’t you?”
Larissa and Priscilla shared worried glances. The way Crazy Bitch was acting, she was practically warning them that the pregnancy test she was about to take better be positive.
“Yes … we’ll”—Larissa cleared her throat—“hope for the best. You can go into the treatment room, and Priscilla will be right there.”
“Where you going?” Crazy Bitch’s expression turned turbulent. “Don’t you want to be here when I get the news?”
“Of course, I do,” Larissa hastened to assure her. “Unfortunately, I need to go check on a patient. Priscilla will call me when she has your results.”
“Won’t be the same without you here.”
Larissa reached out to take Crazy Bitch’s hand. “I wouldn’t leave if I didn’t have to. Priscilla can put me on speaker phone right after you take the test. I’ll still be driving. I might not be here in person, but I’ll be with you when you find out. Will that work?”
“I guess it’ll have to. But if the test is negative, I’m going to wait here until you come back and break your other foot.”
“Having you as a patient is such a joy,” Larissa told her.
Crazy Bitch narrowed her eyes at her. “You’re kissing up to me, aren’t you? Because you’re making fucking bank off me, aren’t you?”
“Totally,” Larissa teased her.
“Works for me.” Crazy Bitch nodded at her. “Keep it up.”
Larissa shook her head at the woman. “Call me when you’re ready,” she told her sister, heading for the door.
Priscilla held the door open for her. “I wish you would wait.”
Larissa wished she would, too, but the sick feeling in the pit of her stomach was prompting her to go.
“I won’t be long,” she promised, maneuvering her crutches through the doorway.
Thankfully, the weather was on her side, and it was turning out to be a sunny day, brightening her spirits. Eryn’s fine, she told herself. At least with her going, she’d be able to assure Eryn that there were no hard feelings for her deciding to go the other route with the birth of her baby. Yeah … it was going to be fine with Eryn. Who she really should be worried about was Crazy Bitch. She wasn’t exactly one hundred percent positive the wild woman wouldn’t break her only good foot.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Viper was talking to one of the workers when Moon came through the door. When he saw Viper gesture toward the office, Moon walked inside to wait.
Hearing the door close, Moon turned seeing Viper eating the distance between them in furious strides.
“Before you say anything, I admit I fuck—”
Moon wasn’t able to finish his sentence before Viper grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air.
“Don’t open your fucking mouth until I ask you to speak. You motherfuckin’ hear me?”