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Chapter 222EdenThe world is hazy as I struggle to open my eyes. It's extremely difficult but I fight against the fatigue plaguing my body. The last thing I can remember is feeling like shit at the shop. Correction, I'd been feeling rough for a few days, but there'd been no way I could take time off or close early. A Whole Latte Love has been barely making it since I opened a few months ago, but business is finally starting to become consistent. The money I managed to bring with me from Chicago has quickly been running out. If only I'd planned to get more. I'd been debating on what my choices were with the shop when I started to believe I was really sick. And then I'd panicked because I'd been alone.No wait, Devante was there. He was there, and I'd ridden in the ambulance.There's a beep, beep, beep, in the background and I wonder if this has all been a dream of some sort and I've slept through my alarm. If I have, I'm late for opening, and I can't afford that. With a burst of
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Chapter 223DevanteTwo hours later, there's a knock at the door, not as heavy as the ones before. "C'mon in," I answer quietly, although I'm unsure why. Eden's just got her next dose of pain medication I think she could sleep through a bombing. "Hey, how's she doing?"Stella is already in nurse mode, even though Eden's not her patient. She's checking her vitals, pulling up her chart, and making sure everything is in order. "You tell me." I raise a pointed eyebrow her way.She puffs out a breath on a chuckle. "Ransom says I have a hard time letting my friends be taken care of without my input and damned if his ass isn't right. They need to get the infection under control before they take her gallbladder out. She may have a few more days in here. I'm hoping they'll be able to remove it laparoscopically as long as they can get the infection down.""That's what I thought. She's not going to take it well.""I mean she has no choice. It can get bad. Her body could go septic and s
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Chapter 224Eden I'm back in that weird space again. Where everything reminds me of a dream, but also feels as if it's staying still. I can't remember how long I've been here or what I'm doing. There's that annoying beeping again. The one that continues in a rhythm, almost like a song I've heard before. I can't place it though, that's what keeps bothering me. It's on the tip of my tongue and I can't seem to make it work.My mouth is dry as the desert and I want nothing more than a drop of water. My eyelids are heavy as I fight against their weight to open them. It's almost too much for me to do, but I keep going. If I can pool together all my strength, I can do it, I know I can."Eden?" It's a voice I recognize. But my mouth is so dry I can't seem to make it work. "Eden?" The voice says again. "You okay?"No, no I'm not okay. I'm thirsty, and I'm scared. I can't remember what the hell happened to me, and instinctively I know I'm in a foreign place. Where am I?In my mind I'v
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Chapter 225Devante"Hey, I didn't mean to be gone so long.""It's okay." She smiles softly. "Stella didn't leave until you told her you were pulling into the parking lot, so don't get mad at her. She did more than what she had to, trust me."Her skin isn't bunched around her eyes anymore, so I hope the infection is starting to come down. "Are you feeling better?""Slightly. Stella helped me to use the bathroom and got me some clean underthings." Her face pinkens slightly at the mention. "I could've. You know you can ask me, right?" We've been dancing around each other for longer than anyone knows. She adjusts slightly in the bed. "Please, spare me the embarrassment.""No need to be embarrassed with me.""Devante…""Eden…" I roll my eyes. "How many mornings have we spent in your coffee shop talking about life and anything else that comes to mind? I think we can consider each other friends, at the very least."Her tongue swipes across dry, cracked lips. The part of me that
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Chapter 226Eden"You're going to have to have surgery."The doctor's words echo in my brain as I try to make them sink in. I've never had surgery before, and I'm immediately scared shitless. "Are you sure? There's nothing else that can be done? Like some more medicine or something?"He gives me an almost condescending smile. "If there were, we would have already done it. I'm afraid this is what's going to have to happen. If we don't get it out soon, we'll be right back where we started. Right now we've got the inflammation down and the infection under some semblance of control. Waiting or trying something else will take us a step back and could lead to sepsis. Which means it would poison your body, and then it would worse than you could even imagine. I'm talking ICU or maybe death," he stops to let that sink in. And the pregnant pause does its job. "Okay, I get what you're saying. How much longer will I need to be in here?""Depends on what we find when we get inside. When we'
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Chapter 227DevanteMy chest clenches when I watch them take Eden back. As an EMT everyone I deal with is my responsibility and I take it personally - making sure they're okay. With her, I can't do that. Not when I've turned her care over to someone else. I want to be back in the operating room with her. To be sure the team attending to her is doing everything they can to make sure she's safe.Rolling her cell phone over in my palm, I decide to call her mom and get this over with. Thumbing through her contacts, I see Mama with hearts and flowers next to it. The picture shows a white woman, who looks so much like Eden it makes me grin.Putting my finger on the phone icon to connect, I cross my arm over my chest and wait for her to pick up. It happens on the second ring."Eden, are you okay? I got your text last night, but it didn't sound like you.""Ma'am." I do my best to slow her down. Even though she's talking quickly, I recognize the soft voice of her daughter. This must be
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Chapter 228Eden"Eden, wake up."I recognize the voice. Someone who comes in for coffee at the shop, but it also seems more familiar than that. "C'mon Eden, you're out of surgery."Surgery? What did I have surgery on? Then it all comes flooding back. The pain I'd felt for days, trying to make it through so I could keep making money. Devante finding me at the shop, and then bringing me to the hospital. Him not leaving my side since this started, and being everything I've needed him to be.With a gasp, I surface from underneath whatever was keeping me down."There you are."Karsyn is standing over me. Not long ago she took a job here, and I don't think I've ever been so happy to see someone in my life. Knowing the face staring back at me is a relief. "Am I okay?" I sob unexpectedly."Aww, you're fine." She pushes back my hair. "Do you want a cool washcloth for your face?"I nod, trying to keep my chin from wobbling, my teeth from chattering. "What's happening to me?""Is
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Chapter 229DevanteShe's asleep as we pull up to my apartment building. I hate to wake her, given that I know how rough the past few days have been for the both of us. Without her help though, I won't be able to get her up the stairs and into my unit."Eden," I whisper, as softly as possible, trying not to give her a start. She stirs, and I grab hold of her shoulder, shaking her a little bit. "Eden," I try again.That does it. She opens her eyes wide, and tenses, gasping painfully as I imagine her abused muscles protest. "Don't. Remember, you just had surgery. You're going to be very sore if you move like that."Recognition dawns in her eyes. "That wasn't some sort of fever dream, or the worst nightmare of my life?" "No," I laugh. "Unfortunately it wasn't. You'll be feeling it for a few days."She rolls her head back and forth. "I'm so tired.""It's the anesthesia. It'll take you some time to sleep it off. If you can help me get you upstairs, we'll settle you down and you ca
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