Chapter 162

“Oh.” After just the one word, she lifted my cast and gently fit it into the leg support on the wheelchair. “No wonder he loves you,” she added after that. “I’m going to position myself right in front of the ICU nurse’s desk. I know their routine. Both of them are away from it right now. When they return, I will make sure neither heads down to Paddy’s room. Everyone else is gone. I’m bossy, too.”

I smiled.

“It’ll be just the two of you for as long as you want.”

We made it to Patrick’s room without being detected.

“Hey, you.” I tried to keep my voice steady as I took in his injuries. A large lump on one temple was purple and black. The eye beside it was swollen in a way that made it look as if he wouldn’t be able to open it, even if he could awaken.

“Please, wake up.”