“But it mattered to you, so it mattered to all of us.”
“It did. It does. But there is nothing in the show you don’t already know, and it won’t change your perception of who I am. I did it so I could show others.”
The Sleep Country Canada ad came to an end, and the musical intro to the show began. He watched as Jenny looked at the screen and then the remote. “Movie it is,” she said, changing the channel. “I love you, by the way,” she added without looking at him.
“I know, babe. I love you, and I think I’m beginning to love myself, too.”
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He groaned in agony.
“The others are all going to be okay,” she said, but cast a glance down to where the bearded man was still holding his hand an inch above the purple-haired woman’s nose. Checking her respiration as if his very life depended on it.
Georgia ripped off her coat and tucked it around the man on the floor. The sharp cold air was frigid against her skin. Without thinking, she used her hand to move the stray hairs from across his face, and the man gasped. She checked his pulse and didn’t like the low blood pressure.
“What’s your name?” she asked and used her light in his eyes. The tightness in her gut relaxed a little when they responded as they should.
The man hissed in a breath. “Lennon,” he said.
“Do you know what day it is?” she asked.
“April . . . fucking . . . fool’s . . . day.”
“Well, Lennon,” she said calmly, relying on years of medical practice. “The paramedics are almost here, and we’ll get you out of here soon.” She reached for his uninjured hand and squeezed it between hers. It was clammy.
“Let me go . . . “
God. What was she thinking? She let go of his hand immediately. “I’m sorry, I was just trying to give you some comfort. I—”
He reached for her hand, gasping at the struggle. His hand was calloused. “No . . . you should . . . let . . . me . . . go.”
His eyes rolled closed.
NO! She wouldn’t let him die. She tapped the side of his face. “Wake up. I am not letting you go anywhere,” she said, strangely aware that any semblance of the professionalism she usually clung to was slipping away. As a surgeon, she believed all the stories. The ones about tunnels of white light, and seeing loved ones, and auras dimming. And equally as a surgeon, she knew everyone needed to be allowed to leave if they really felt it was their time. But there was something so different about Lennon, and she could feel his life force vibrate from his hand into hers as if she had taken hold of an electric fence. The energy was slipping away from him and she would do anything to put it back in him.
He tugged her down toward him, so his lips could brush against her ear. “I’m . . . tired . . . of my life. Just . . . let me . . . go.”
His eyes closed.
She rested her forehead to his. “Your work here on earth isn’t done, Lennon,” she said, tears burning her eyes. “And I am not going to let you go.”
About the Author
Scarlett Cole is a writer of contemporary romance and a two-time RITA finalist. Her debut, The Strongest Steel, was a Best Debut Goodreads Author Finalist 2015. Born in England, Scarlett traveled the world, living in Japan and the United States before settling in Canada where she met her own personal hero—all six and a half feet of him. She now lives with her husband and children in Manchester, England. Visit her at scarlettcole.com or on Twitter @ItsScarlettCole.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Letter from the Author
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
EPILOGUE
Excerpt: LENNON REBORN
About the Author
Also by Scarlett Cole
Copyright Page
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
NIKAN REBUILT. Copyright © 2018 by Scarlett Cole.
Excerpt from Lennon Reborn copyright © 2018 by Scarlett Cole.
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First eBook Edition: January 2018
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