CHAPTER 22
“Gloria? Are you ok? Should we call the doctor?”
Blink.
“Gloria? Thank God you’re awake. What happened?”
“Derek?” Her voice was as throaty as a frog.
“Shh. Are you ok? Did you pass out?”
She shook her head, but the small movement made the entire room spin.
“I’m going to call you an ambulance.”
She grabbed his wrist. “No.”
“No?” When in the past decade had she seen eyes that kind before? That caring?
“No, I’m all right.” She held onto his arm and sat up to prove she was ok. The last thing she needed to pay for was a trip to the ER on top of all of Kitty’s regular medical bills.
He knelt beside her, supporting her with his hand behind her back. “What happened?”
“It was nothing.”
“Is it blood sugar? Are you diabetic? Do you think it might have been a stroke? Do you hav
