Dark Perception: The Corde Noire Series (37 page)

He followed her perfect profile.
Sebastian thought her almost doll-like in her appearance. Even down
to her porcelain skin and petite, almost little girl figure,
everything about her reminded him of a doll.

“
Thank you, Sam. You’ve
been so encouraging these past few days. I thought for a while she
wouldn’t make it.”

“
I told you she would make
it.” Sam pulled her pouty lips into an attractive smile. “I have a
sense about these things.” As if hearing something in the outer
hallway, she raised her uncanny blue eyes to the room door. “I’ll
be back.”

She was gone before he could ask any
more questions. Sam always did that.

It was as if she looked through him
and not at him whenever he came to visit his mother. What he
wouldn’t give to have her see him, to have the pretty little nurse
with those amazing blue eyes see him for what he really was. Ah,
but that was for another time and place.

He walked closer to the hospital bed
and held his mother’s hand. “I’m here, Mom. You’re doing better.
Much better.”

Then, he felt it. The slightest
pressure on his hand, as if she had heard him.

“
That’s it, squeeze my
hand, Mom. Let me know you can hear me.”

This time, her grasp felt stronger and
more deliberate.

Sebastian wanted to shout out for the
nurse, but she had told him his mother was getting better. Here was
his proof.

“
We’ll get you out of here
soon enough, Mom. Before you know it, you’ll be back at on your
committees, planning all of your charity events.”

Another squeeze and Sebastian swore
her eyes fluttered.

His heart soared with relief. It was a
small step, but it was progress.

“
Looks like she’s coming
out of it,” Sam surmised, entering the room again. She pulled a pen
light out of her white jacket pocket and flashed the light in his
mother’s eyes.

His mother frowned.

“
Did you see that?” he
demanded. “She frowned when you shined the light in her
eyes.”

Sam shrugged her shoulders, no seeming
very impressed. “Like I said, Mr. Reinhardt, she’s waking
up.”

Her dismissive tone made that certain
tingle come alive in Sebastian. The one he always got when he
discovered a new … project.

From New Orleans,
Alexandrea Weis was raised in the motion picture industry
and began writing stories at the age of eight. In
college she studied nursing and went on to teach at a local
university. After several years in the medical field, she
decided to pick up the pen once again and began her
first novel, To My Senses. Since that time she
has published many novels. Infusing the rich
tapestry of her hometown into her award-winning books, she believes
that creating vivid characters makes a story
memorable
.

Alexandrea Weis is also a
certified/permitted wildlife rehabber with the La. Wildlife and
Fisheries. When she is not writing, she rescues orphaned and
injured wildlife. She is married; they live in New
Orleans.

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