Page 57 of Wilde Abandon
She wasn’t really sure, so she held her hands out to Jax.He immediately took one of the towels and wrapped it around her cut and bloody hand, then took her wrists and pulled her up.The glass in her leg pulled and stabbed at the movement, but she made it up with a wince.
Josh put his hand at her lower back.“I’m really sorry.”
“I’ll be okay.”
She caught Brian staring from his table against the back wall.His gaze shot to Josh and then to her again.She glanced at Josh as he shrugged at Brian, some kind of silent communication between them.
She turned to Jax.“Get one of the others to replace table twenty-three’s order and clean this up.”
Jax brushed her hair away from the wound.“I’ll take care of the bar.You let Lyric take care of you.”
Melody let Lyric lead her out of the bar.John, their bouncer, held the door open for them and had already pulled Lyric’s car up, leaving the driver’s side and passenger doors open.Lyric helped her in, then got behind the wheel.
“What happened?”she asked.
“I wasn’t paying attention and got knocked in the ribs by a pool cue.It was my fault.”She pulled her phone out of the back pocket of her skirt, wishing she’d worn jeans tonight because maybe they’d have given her some protection.Lyric had tied a towel around her leg in both places, helping to catch the blood below each piece of glass.They knew if they yanked them out, she’d probably bleed more and that was best done in the ER.Just in case.
Lyric pulled out onto the main road and headed for the hospital.“Are you calling Fox?”
“Yes.”
She glanced over.“You two are getting really close, huh?”
She’d always been able to open up the most with Lyric.“I think I’ve totally and irrevocably fallen for him.”
Lyric sensed something in her words.“What’s wrong, then?”
“Nothing.Really,” she assured her older sister.“It’s just so easy.He’s so perfect.”
Lyric raised a brow.“And that scares you?”
“I’m not scared.Just…”
A soft smile tugged at her sister’s lips.“It feels so right you don’t know what to do with it.”
“Yes.”
Lyric stopped at a light a few blocks from the hospital and turned to her.“You deserve it, Melody.”
She’d wished for a relationship like the one Lyric shared with Mason for a long time.She didn’t like being alone.But alone was better than being with the wrong person.That’s why she’d tried so many times to find the right one.And all along, she’d already known who was right for her.It just took a while for him to come back.
She hit the speed dial for Fox and waited for him to answer.Instead, she got his voicemail.
“Hey, it’s me.I had a little accident at work and am at the ER.Nothing major.Just need a few stitches.Call me.”
“He’s not answering?”Lyric raised a brow.
“He’s with his buddies.They’re having a boys’ night.Beer, pizza, and gaming.It’s apparently a thing they do.Bragging rights are on the line.Or so it seemed, so he probably can’t stop until his character is safe, or whatever.”
Lyric helped her check in at reception and settle into a cubicle while they waited for a doctor to arrive.The nurse came in and checked her injuries, hissing when she saw the glass in her leg and that her hand was still bleeding.“Back in a sec, hon.”
Just to be sure Fox got her message, she texted him.
MELODY: Waiting on ER doc for stitches.I guess I’ll be home early tonight.
She didn’t send the message right away.It hit her when she typedhomethat she meant it.But maybe it was too soon to be calling his place hers.She backtracked that last statement, rewriting it.
MELODY: Waiting on ER doc for stitches.I guess I’ll be at your place early tonight.