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biggest paycheck. I
doubt their CEO, who I know just went golfing with Logan, would be
happy to hear from a fuming Jax. I have to try extremely hard not to
laugh at her sudden willingness to help. It’s hilarious how
name-dropping can change people, even in a hospital, where it
shouldn’t matter.
    “Of course, sir. I
can have someone show you to Miss Maxwell’s room right away.
Unfortunately you will have to see the on-call doctor, as our head of
neurology has the night off. I assure you Miss Maxwell will be in
good hands.”
    Connor groans with me.
Jax ignores both of us. She couldn’t have just kept quiet, could
she? No, it’s not like she would have known that Jax isn’t a man
to be deterred. I tremble when he slams his strong hands on the
counter. He glares at her as if she just said the most outrageous
thing in the history of the world.
    “That’s
unacceptable. I want the best. Make it happen or do I need to call
Don?” He reads her name tag. “Mrs. Adams?”
    “My apologies, sir.
I’ll have someone take her for all the tests while you wait for the
doctor. It might take awhile longer since this is his only day off
this week.”
    Mrs. Adams calls over a
nurse to manage the desk before snatching the wheelchair from Logan.
The guys are forced to hurry along after us to catch up. I have to
hand it to Mrs. Adams, she doesn’t just take it lying on her back.
Go her! I pick imaginary lint off my bright orange leggings as Mrs.
Adams silently pushes me. I stare straight ahead as we pass through
the doors that she has to use a keycard to access. The urge to break
the silence is overwhelming.
    “I’m sorry about
him. He’s harmless, by the way,” I tell her as she wheels me into
a room.
    “Yeah, he’s like a
rabid dog without teeth.” I turn just in time to see Jax slap the
back of Connor’s head. “Ow!”
    I can tell from her
tight smile that Mrs. Adams wishes she were anywhere else right now.
Can’t say that I blame her. She starts to help me from the chair,
but Jax pushes her out of the way.
    “I got her.”
    My jaw drops. He needs
to stop acting this way in front of Logan. I force myself not to
react to his closeness as he lifts me up before gently laying me in
the bed.
    “Your nurse will be
right in.” Mrs. Adams inches her way closer to the door.
    “You’re not my
nurse?” I ask, surprised.
    After a shake of her
head, she slips out the door.
    “Jax, any doctor
would have been fine.” I let my annoyance show in my voice. “I’m
pretty sure they all went to medical school, but who knows, some
might have gone to clown school.”
    Jax ignores me as he
makes a point of walking over to Logan, who’s leaning against the
far wall across from the bed. I’m still irritated that I’m here
when a male nurse knocks on the door. He couldn’t have come at a
better time. Being here is making my entire body tense. Pretty soon
I’m going to snap. Hopefully nobody is here to witness it.
    Forty-five minutes
later I have my ankle re-wrapped. Just a bad sprain, thank goodness;
I just have to wait for the doctor to go over my CT scan. I survey
the room for Jax, but he’s missing. I want to ask where he’s
gone, but I don’t want to clue in Logan to my feelings for his best
friend. Talk about awkward.
    “Don’t be so hard
on them, Addie,” Connor says, “You know they’re both just
worried.”
    I frown at my best
friend, hating that he’s right. He’s known me my entire life, and
he’s usually the one who makes those two see reason when it comes
to me. He’s like another big brother. I love him even if he annoys
me 99 percent of the time.
    I stare at Logan as he
types away on his phone, probably responding to the thousand of
emails he receives daily. As I inspect him closer I notice the
shadows under his eyes. Without asking, I know he didn’t sleep last
night. Most likely he was restless like me, remembering everything we
lost. But unlike me, he doesn’t have the gory, haunting memories I
do.