Linda tried to cover her eyes with her arm at the harsh glare of the overhead lights and felt something attached to it and looked at, she had a Tube in her arm and she stared at it.
"Don't pull it out, it's just something to keep you from throwing up and your dizziness...I think." She heard someone say to her from the other side. She looked at him and placed a name to the face, Kenny. Then the memories came flooding back and she remembered what had happened, mostly anyway. "You're at Southern Medical Center, in town. You fainted and kept getting dizzy; also you threw up a few times." He told her when she looked confused. She nodded at what he said.
"You're Kenny, and...and we..." she started to say but he hushed her.
"Yes we did, but not too loudly, you're here under your real name and well, you didn't want your husband to know, remember?" Kenny reminded her with a whisper. She nodded, and then smiled at him.
"Ok, yeah I remember, I also remember it was your wife that got us together." Linda said, and then tried to sit up. He stopped her and reaching back raised the bed for her so she was sitting up.
"I think you were just asleep, I think you needed it, though you passed out earlier in the car. You had me worried about you. The doctor saw you earlier and thinks you have a mild concussion, and that was why you were dizzy and fainting. He had some x-rays taken and we were waiting on them and you fell asleep. It's been about 45 minutes I think." He told her and she nodded and looked around.
"I don't remember seeing the doctor, but I remember parts of the car ride and being in a wheelchair part of the way while here." Linda said, trying to remember.
"Yeah that was when they took you to get the x-rays. How are you feeling now?" He asked her, hoping she felt better. She shrugged, but smiled at him.
"Thank you for bringing me here, but I am in so much trouble with my husband now I'm sure. I don't want to think how much he's gonna scream at me...or worse." She said, looking worried now.
"What was your cover story for being away from home?" He asked her, taking her hand to hold.
"That Ginger and you wanted to talk about your son. I don't know how well that is going to hold up with me being out this long." She said.
"Well as for that, you tripped at our house and wound up here, In fact I should call your house...we've been here for almost two hours as is." He told her and her eyes grew wide.
"Oh god, what time is it?" She asked franticly.
"After eleven, I didn't grab my watch." He told her and then looked at her hard. "Does your husband hit you?" He asked her, thinking of her earlier comment. She looked uncomfortable with the question.
"He...he has a few times. It's been awhile but after tonight..." She started to say.
"Listen you don't have to take that crap, besides you were here at the hospital, remember that." He told her. "Why do you stay with a guy who's hit you?" He asked her cautiously. She shrugged as she looked at him.
"I don't know." She replied lamely, and then looked at him hard. "Why are you with a woman who wants you...wants you to take his son's cock?" She asked in a whisper, not wanting to be heard by anyone else.
"I don't know what was up with that tonight, though I guess it has something to do with what I asked of her, having sex with Nick." He answered her back quietly.
"Why did you do that, or even want that. You seem like man enough for one woman..." She said, thinking maybe the wife had influenced his decision.
"It was just a silly idea. I saw him the other day...how big he was and told Ginger and something about how she reacted knocked the idea in my head. And it just stuck there. I saw that after I mentioned the idea it really got her going, and it got to me that she wouldn't even admit it to herself, so I just hounded her. I guess my hounding worked!" He rambled on and she just listened. She looked at him hard.
"I think you screwed up." She told him flatly. He looked down at her and nodded after a second.
"You're probably right. I mean we had talked in the past about her...us, having another guy, maybe a girl in bed with us, But I wonder if it being Nick just has too much emotion to it. Ya, I probably have screwed up." He said, half whispering to himself as he talked.
"I think you have, because I don't think you're going to get the two of them to stop now." She told him, and he stared at her. He nodded after a minute.
"Yeah, I was kind of thinking the same thing. If it was another guy I could probably stop it, but not ...him." He whispered carefully because he heard someone right outside. They then heard the door opening and the doctor came into the room.
"Well Mrs. Harold, your X-ray looked clean, but I do think you have a mild concussion and think you should stay here at the hospital for a day or two for observation to make sure you're ok." He told her and Linda took it in and then looked at Kenny. The doctor then went on and asked her a few things and then left to arraign for a nurse to get her room.
"Oh well, I guess Rick can't get too mad at me in the hospital." She sighed out, not liking the idea of a hospital stay.
"Linda, listen you shouldn't take abuse from him." Kenny told her; concerned that she was going to be in trouble over that night.
"It's fine Kenny." She said, blowing off his worries.
"Well it won't be if he gets abusive. Tell me if he does and I'll take care of it..." He told her and she jumped in smiling.
"Kenny, are you coming to my rescue?" She asked him playfully.
"If I need to...yes. It was my fault this happened anyway." He said, as he held her hand. She glanced at him doing so and smiled up at him.
"I'd say it was Ginger's fault. She blackmailed me into this." She told him and then looked into his face. "Though I...I like it...that she did." She said, her face blushing. He smiled back at her. Then glancing at the cracked door, he quickly leaned down and kissed her on the lips. He meant to give her a quick one, but she opened her lips and she began twirling her tongue with his. After a minute he lifted up and was breathing heavy.
"Wow!" He told her with a grin, not expecting her response. He saw she was breathing very heavily.
"Yeah wow!" She said, smiling, and then she began chuckling softly. They hushed when they heard the door open and the nurse came in. She had Linda sign one or two places and gave her a room number. She then prepared her to go up to her room.
"Linda, give me your home number so I can call your husband and tell him what happened and which room you are in." Kenny told her as he side stepped the nurse. Linda nodded and told him the number. The nurse left to go get something and said she would be right back. Linda looked up at him, nervously.
"Listen Kenny, if you...if you want to come visit me while I'm here, be careful, Rick gets jealous easy." She told him in concern.
"I can handle your husband I think. Besides I'd have a legitimate reason, you were my...our guest when it happened in our house. Remember you hit your head while visiting me and Ginger." He said, reminding her of her alibi. She nodded and smiled at him.
"Ok, then." She nodded again and looking quickly out of the open door, reached up and grabbed his collar and pulled him down. She leaned forward and quickly kissed him again, passionately on the lips, breaking it off quickly though. He looked stunned as she released him and she giggled.
"Wow again." He commented, and she laughed.
"Just in case we don't get another shot at it later." She told him with a smile. The nurse returned and got her into a wheelchair.
"Ok then Linda, you have a goodnight. I'm going to call your husband and then head home." He told her and she took his hand as he started to go.
"Have a good night Kenny." Linda told him and let go of him. The nurse then wheeled her down the hall and around the corner. Kenny stood there for a second then went to find a phone, not wanting to use his own cell. Linda's husband picked up quickly and Kenny could tell he was worried...and angry. But when Kenny told him what had happened and where she was he calmed down and told him he would be right there. His duty done, Kenny had no desire to wait around for her husband, Kenny already figured he didn't like the man, so he left the hospital and drove home.
The drive home wasn't long, but Kenny took his time, thinking about the evening and all that had happened. He was actually reluctant to get home, wondering what he would find. He knew what he had wanted from his wife when he talked about her and Nick and how it happened was totally different. He then thought about what Linda and he had said at the ER. Kenny figured he would just have to get home to find out what the future held.
The house was like he had left it, from what he had remembered. He saw where his wife had changed in the living room, some of her clothes on the floor. He gathered them up and tossed them into the laundry room. He was unhurried to find his wife or son, wondering why he felt that way. He shrugged and went to find them; looking inside their son's room first...it was closer to the laundry then his own bedroom. The other rooms were empty as well so he knew now where they were. When he opened the door to his bedroom softly and entered, he saw them.