Maggie wakes up in Mateo’s newly furnished bedroom. Her mouth feels as if she’s swallowed cotton wool and her head is pounding. The last thing she remembers is getting ready for work. She rubs her eyes and yawns. She is still terribly tired and it takes her a moment before everything that happened rushes back.
She was shaking so badly she couldn’t drive. Mateo called her doctor … That damn injection! It must have been the injection that was making her feel like that. She sits up and her head starts to spin, forcing her to lay back down.
“Hey, sweetheart.” Mateo rushes to her side and takes her hand, leaving loving kisses over her knuckles. “You have to take it easy. The doctor will be here to see you again soon.”
“How long have I been out?” She blinks a couple of times and he closes the
