Page 18 of Kinsey (Pennington Family #1)

“Is Wylie going to the hospital with his brother? And have you called any of the others?” She said that she’d not thought of the others.

And yes, he was going with his brother, so was David.

“I’ll call them to make sure that they understand that he’s going to be all right.

Also, tell them to drive carefully. Or better yet, don’t drive at all. I’m not going to drive.”

“Are you going to the conference?” The black silk slipped off her shoulders and onto the carpet as she was stepping into her closet. “I guess that’s a big no, too. He’s going to be upset with you if you don’t go.”

“I’ll make him understand that rich people like poor people want to make sure that the man they love is going to be all right when I see him. Or something along those lines.” She came out of her closet with a pair of jeans and a T-shirt on. “Did you really talk to him?”

“I didn’t. I could hear him talking calmly to Wylie, who wasn’t calm by the way, but he’s going to think that I screwed this up by not telling you that you had to go to the thing tonight.

” She told her grannie he’d get over it.

“I’m sure that he will. Also, you should know that he saved Wylie from being hurt.

When he realized what was going on, he shoved Wylie down on the seat so he wasn’t cut at all.

David was in the limo behind the semi and none the wiser about what happened to his date tonight.

I’m starting to feel the effects of this accident now.

Oh lordy, he could have been killed. Both of them might well have been—”

“Don’t talk like that. We know that they’re both fine, and we’re going to concentrate on that.

Are you going with me?” She asked if she was really not driving.

“I’m not. I don’t think that I could right now.

We’ll get Roger to drive us. I knew I was going to regret not having a driver on staff.

See what I do when I’m depressed? From now on, I don’t make decisions when I’m down in the dumps. ”

“Meggie, you’re babbling.” She said she knew that and wasn’t going to stop until she could see Kinsey.

“All right. I’ll go too. The boy was starting to grow on me, and I’d like to make sure that he’s all right, too.

So long as you’re sure you’re not driving.

You know how Roger can be. He’s slower than I am when it comes to driving. ”

“He’ll be fine. We’ll get there in one piece and we’ll be fine for it.” She looked at her grannie as she tied her tennis shoes. “He’s really all right, isn’t he? I don’t want to go there and find out that he passed away after we just made up.”

“He’s fine, honey. Get your phone. I have a feeling that you’re going to need it.” They were out the door in twenty minutes. Roger did drive the speed limit, but he got them there on time, and that was all that mattered to her. Now to find Kinsey and Wylie.

She’d called the brothers and told them what was going on while riding to the hospital.

Raphael was home today and was going to come in with the others.

Since Kinsey was at a larger hospital, they didn’t need to have instructions on how to find it.

She loved these men too and would tell them when she saw them.

It was Gleason who asked several times if their brother was all right, but she found that she didn’t care.

Saying it to him made her feel like he really was all right and that he was going to be fine, too.

Meggie was having a hard time getting any information from the people at the hospital.

She wasn’t his wife, so they’d not tell her much more than he was there and being looked at.

It wasn’t until the other four showed up that she was shown not just where he was but allowed to be with him while the doctor spoke to him after he was examined.

Which was taking a good deal longer than she thought it should have.

The doctor told her that he really was fine, but cut up pretty badly.

“I’m going to keep the two of them overnight.

That way, we can make sure that they’re not going to have any trouble with concussions tonight.

Wylie Pennington isn’t hurt as badly, but he did hit his head on the dashboard when the truck was totaled.

Kinsey Pennington sustained more injuries due to his being upright when the truck was pushed up under the semi in front of him.

Mr. Winchester has also made it very clear that you’re all going to be staying the night to keep an eye on the gentlemen.

” The doctor smiled a little. “We’ve known Mr. Winchester for some time now, and what he wants, he gets.

We know better than to do anything differently.

He’s a good donor for this university and the hospitals. ”

Kinsey was getting his head examined, and she’d still not gotten to see him as yet.

When Wylie said her name, she went right to him and held his hand.

Wherever his brother was, he’d better be getting as good care as they said, or she was going to know the reason why.

Telling him that she had him, Wylie sobbed like he’d been hurt worse than she’d been told, and it worried her.

“You should have seen him, honey. Barking out orders like he was in the service. I don’t know why I thought that he’d be hysterical, but there he was, calm as one of the cows after milking them.

” She laughed and he did too. “He’s just fine, Meggie.

I saw him. I know you guys have to see him, too, but I promise you that he’s just fine.

We’re both going to be sore tomorrow, but we’re alive and that’s all that matters, don’t you think? ”

“I do, Wylie. I really do think that’s all that matters.” She put her forehead to his. “If you didn’t want to be my date tonight, there are lots of better ways to get out of it instead of having an accident.”

“You were all he talked about while we were waiting on the police to come. Me shoved up under the dash, and him holding me there. He kept telling me that he had me, and it calmed me down that he did.” A nurse came in and told him he was going to go to X-ray.

“I just need to tell you one more thing. He loves you. When we were at the tailors, he told me that he didn’t remember if he told you or not.

I told him that was a pretty important thing to forget about, and he assured me that he was going to do it daily from now on.

I hope he marries you, Meggie. It’ll be the greatest love story to tell our kids someday. ”

While he was gone, she saw David. The man was driving everyone crazy, making sure that they had everything they needed.

After being introduced to the other men, she told him to sit down and shut up.

She couldn’t believe it when he did. Especially after his wife showed up.

They were alike, the two of them, barking orders to get everyone taken care of.

She’d never realized how old the man looked until right then.

He was old enough, she thought, to be the men’s father and wondered if he felt that way toward Kinsey.

It would make sense, she thought. He was making sure that they were all taken care of, including herself and her Grannie.

Meggie thought that she might be a little bit in love with David too, in a father sort of way, and smiled when he asked her for the fourth time if she was all right.

Then Kinsey was wheeled in, and there was no one else but him.

But she did find herself waiting until his brothers got to see him.

Sobbing when she was finally able to touch him, she told him several times that she loved him and was glad that he didn’t have any issues with telling her the same thing.

She was only as strong as the man who was holding her, and that was pretty good, she thought.