There she was, bitchy Ms. Townsend rearing her ugly head.
Daisy’s teeth bit her lip and her eyes sparkled with tears.
“Sadie, sugar –” she started but before she could say more the door opened and Hector walked in.
Really, no more, I got it. I was the daughter of a Drug King, a bad man who probably destroyed many lives. But seriously, how much penance could a daughter do for her father’s sins? I mean, I didn’t sell he**in to school kids for goodness sakes!
I’d had enough.
I picked up the call button thingamabob and stared at it, found the button for the nurse and pressed it.
Then I saw Hector’s belt buckle and abs by the bed.
Darn.
“Sadie,” Hector called.
I kept my head down and hit the nurse call button again.
“Sadie,” Hector repeated.
My head came up and I looked at him.
“Why are you here?” I snapped.
He opened his mouth to speak but before he could I turned my head and looked at Daisy.
“And why are you here?” I asked her.
“I thought I’d –” Daisy started.
“No, actually, I don’t want to know,” I interrupted, reached out and grabbed my IV stand thingie. Then I threw back the covers and scooted to the side of the bed, rolling my IV with me. It hurt but I did it anyway and I didn’t even wince.
“Sadie, get back in bed,” Hector ordered but I had my legs over the side and I stood up.
I walked two steps, wheeling my IV stand thingie with me (the IV stand thingie kind of bit into my bid for Queen Ice but I’d just have to work it).
I turned to them, hand on my IV stand and stood my ground.
“Both of you, leave,” I demanded.
Daisy’s eyes slid to the opposite side of the bed where Hector was standing. My eyes went there too. He didn’t look happy.
“I’ll ask you again, mamita, get back in bed,” he said.
“That isn’t asking, that’s telling,” I retorted.
“Then I’ll tell you again, back in bed,” he shot back.
“No,” I replied.
He started walking around the bed… toward me.
I wondered, in the nanosecond before I started retreating, why he seemed completely unaffected by my Chill Factor. Everyone else went into deep freeze.
Not Hector.
I had, of course, noticed that his body was preternaturally hot. Maybe that was it.