Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter

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I woke up in bed again, completely confused about how I got there. My head was in Josh's lap, and Drew sat on my other side, holding two fingers against my pulse; he was looking at his watch, and I could see his lips moving as he counted. When he was done, Drew

moved my arm back onto the bed and, seeing I was awake, ran a hand across my forehead.

"Hi, angel, welcome back." Drew smiled gently as he moved his finger before my eyes, ensuring they responded correctly. When he was satisfied that I was ok, he sat back. Jake slid my head onto a pillow and moved to see me better.

"What happened, and why did I pass out? I thought my concussion was gone." I started worrying that something was wrong and I would ruin our lake trip.

you're ok," Jake promised, squeezing my hand to get my attention.

"Baby girl, you're

happened; you were out for less than five minutes. Your breathing and pulse are perfectly normal." I nodded my head. "So I'm ok; I'm not going to ruin the trip?"

baby girl, I promise, and even if you were sick and needed more care than Drew could give you, none of us would ever

to get up now?" I asked Drew. He told me it was OK to move around, and getting up, he walked to the end of the bed, picked up his first aid bag, and put away what he had

then went into the

minutes later, he had worked out the tangles, leaving my hair smooth and straight. He kissed the top of my head as lush put my brush away. Holding his hand out

to Mike and climbed onto his lap; cuddling against him, I reached up and cupped his face. "I'm sorry for being a brat earlier," I said quietly." I

up. Mike and I did one final walkthrough, ensuring we didn't leave anything behind. Sean, Patrick, and Jake had already gone down in the elevator. Patrick was checking us out, and Sean and Jake loaded the SUV. When the elevator

compared to the miles of forest passing by us. We stopped in a charming small village for lunch and decided to pick up groceries since we were only forty-five minutes from the house. Sean waited with the SUV while the rest

and things to make quick lunches while the others were responsible for meat and snacks. We

I could tell they were excited, too. Soon, we were turning onto a smaller road; then we were finally there, Sean parked in front of the cutest house I had ever seen, and I immediately fell in love with it. The house was surrounded by trees and sat above the lake; I could see stairs leading down to the water from the back of the house. The house was the same shade of green as the surrounding forest, with a

the thought. Jamie, A city boy through and through, was very much out of his element up here. I'm unsure if the man "owned anything besides business suites because that is all I had seen him in since

be a little hard to run our business from the backwoods of Main; plus, they that's a lot more to deal with than the few inches we get at home," I

over eight feet of snow during