Saved and Saving: The Single Daddy CEO

Chapter Two

Tiselle

I had just finished booking a room at the Château Elegance Suites when the doctor entered my exam room. The look on his face was concerning, but I somehow managed to swallow the lump in my throat and ask, “What’s the damage?”

He was a handsome doctor with his sandy blonde hair and light brown eyes, but not a man of many words. After clearing his throat, he said simply, “You have two cracked ribs and a broken elbow. The nurse will be in soon with another ice pack and the stuff to make your cast.”

Before I had a chance to ask any questions, he rushed out of my room, leaving me alone with my thoughts once again.

Sure, I had a hotel room booked, but only for one night. The only reason why I booked that hotel is because I am supposed to give a speech the next day at a banquet. My speech is about one of my designs that is being featured at Ambroise Étoile Couture, one of the most exclusive clothing stores in the area.

That thought brought a little smile to my face, but it fell a few seconds later when my train of thought returned to what I was going to do after that. Hell, what am I going to do before the banquet?

I left “Seth’s” house with no clothes but what I was wearing. This outfit simply wouldn’t cut it for an event like that, I thought to myself as I looked down at the clothes I was currently wearing. A drab brown overworn skirt with a frilly cream-colored blouse that had a small stain just above my left boob. No way!

There was no option but to get my ass to one of the apparel stores and buy something nice to wear for this banquet. It wasn’t an ideal task considering the broken elbow and cracked ribs, but I couldn’t afford to not show up. Not when I had just lost the one person who I was counting on to help me make it to the top.

It took another hour and a half to get the cast molded and placed, then I had to go through all the discharge crap before I could head to the hotel. The meds they gave me at the hospital were affecting me a little bit, so I decided to go straight there and not stop anywhere else for anything at the moment.

Once I reached the hotel, things went surprisingly smoothly while checking in. The clerk was so sweet and very pretty. She had auburn hair, darker than mine, and beautiful green eyes.

When she saw I had a cast on my elbow and nobody there to help, she immediately called for the valet to park my car for me. After I finished paying for my stay, she pointed me to the closest elevator and insisted I call her personally if I needed anything during her shift. I rode the elevator to the fifth floor where I would be staying, and the whole way up, I could feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier.

However, when I was stepping out of the elevator, a woman with jet black hair and piercing ice blue eyes rushed past me, bumping into my hurt arm in the process. My eyes nearly bulged out of my head, as I yelped out in pain, catching the woman’s full attention.

Right away, she started fussing over me and apologizing like a mad woman. She kept rambling about having way too much to do before the banquet, but I couldn’t follow half of what she was saying. Between the increased pain she caused mixed with the pain medication, I was seriously starting to struggle to remain coherent.

She must have noticed my predicament and asked, “What room are you staying in? Let me help you get in. It’s the least I can do.”

Somehow, knowing that was in my best interest, I gave the woman my room number and allowed her to lead me there and help me into my room. Once I was inside, she apologized once more, then she left me alone.

Since there wasn’t much I could do at that moment, I tossed my purse on the desk and crawled under the down blanket covering the bed. The pillows and the bed felt like clouds under my head and body. It was exactly what I needed, making it easy for me to quickly drift into a peaceful slumber.

I slept like a rock the first part of the night, but around 2:30 in the morning, I had to get up and take more pain medication. Luckily, there were a few bottles of water in the mini-fridge, making it an easy process, besides the act of moving in itself.

I swear, every time I did anything, it felt like somebody was punching me in the ribs. It seriously sucked!

Luckily, the medication they sent me with isn’t as strong as whatever they gave me at the hospital. Thank goodness I was able to remain coherent long enough to drive myself to the hotel.

After taking the medication, I laid back down, but instead of falling right back to sleep, I laid there thinking about everything that had recently happened. I couldn’t stop asking myself, “How did it come to this?”

We used to be so happy. Seth and I. And I thought we still were, but apparently I couldn’t have been more wrong about that.

Tears stung behind my eyelids, but this time I didn’t hold them back. After having a good cry, I felt a little better emotionally, but physically, it was another story.

My ribs were too tender for a good cry. The pain was a lot to bear, but the pain would be my motivator to rise above and show Seth exactly what he threw away, like yesterday’s trash.

Lucky for me, the medicine started to kick in after close to an hour of crying. Once the pain chilled out, it was a lot easier for me to fall back asleep until morning.