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swept through him
as he watched her for signs of life. She was still so quiet. Was
she alive? He leaned over her and he could barely feel her breath
feather against his face.
    This had been too close.
How long had she not been breathing? Would there be brain damage?
Had she broken any bones? Were her insides crushed?
    He held his breath as
Jaxie’s eyelids suddenly fluttered.
    She whimpered. It was the
best sound he’d ever heard in his life.
    “ Welcome back,
babe,” Ewan muttered. Before he knew he was doing it, he descended
his head and pressed his mouth against her quivering lips.
Shockwaves of happiness swept through him as she returned the
kiss.
     
    Warmth melted over
Jaxie’s mouth. The pressure and the heat was so beautiful, it
curled her toes.
    Someone was kissing her?
She inhaled a breath. She smelled spice. It was nice.
Familiar.
    Ewan?
    She tried to open her
eyes, but she couldn’t.
    As she
responded to the kiss, he suddenly pulled away. Disappointment shot
through her. Who was kissing her? Or had they been doing CPR?
    “ Jaxie? Can
you hear me? It’s Rachel. You’re going to be okay.”
    Relief poured through
her. Rachel was okay.
    “ The hospital
is in sight. We’ll be there in under a minute.” Royce called out
from somewhere. Was he here too? She liked Royce. He was Ewan’s
best friend and he worked with Ewan as a rescue worker. Happiness
always bubbled inside her when she saw him. Lately, whenever he
came into her club, something really nice flowed through her when
she looked at him. It was similar to what she felt for Ewan.
Caring. Lust. Some crazy need to have two men in her life and not
just one.
    Man, she really had been
living her dreams through all the friends, hadn’t she? Maybe it was
time for her to start searching for her own dream?
    She was alive. She had a
second chance at life.
    God help her, she wasn’t
going to blow it.

Chapter Two
    “ I cannot
believe how fast that snow came down that mountain,” Rachel said as
she hovered beside Jaxie’s hospital bed and nervously straightened
the wrinkles in the sheets that covered Jaxie’s legs.
    “ I can’t
believe both of you made it out of there alive,” Dr. Kelsie Madison
said as she breezed into the room. She held a small clipboard in
her hand and Jaxie let out a breath of relief when Kelsie smiled
warmly at them.
    She’d been stuck in this
hospital for the better part of the afternoon and now it was
evening. She wanted out of here. She had a club to run.
    Jaxie frowned. Wow, she’d
just escaped death and all she could think about was going back to
work? Yeah, well, bills had to be paid. She’d start thinking on
that bucket list the minute she figured out how to make some of it
come true.
    “ Since I know
Rachel is practically family, I’m going to forgo the traditional
patient/doctor confidentiality and break the news to both of you,”
Kelsie said in a professional, no-nonsense tone that shot
uneasiness into Jaxie.
    “ Oh my God! Is
she going to be okay?” Rachel gasped. “She was knocked out. Not
breathing for a little while. She has pain when she breathes and
she’s not using her right arm. She’s covered in
bruises—”
    “ Rachel,
relax. The doctor is going to tell us that everything is fine,
right, Doc?”
    Jaxie hoped that’s what
Kelsie was going to say.
    Kelsie looked at her
clipboard and began shifting through the papers.
    “ The CAT scan
of your head showed no problems. The body scan showed no broken
bones.”
    Whew !
    “ Yes!” Rachel
cried out and leaned into hug Jaxie. Her arms were strong and warm
as she embraced Jaxie. It was nice to have such a caring
friend.
    When her friend moved
away, Jaxie didn’t miss Rachel brushing away tears.
    Oh, geez, she really had
given Rachel a fright.
    Kelsie gazed at Jaxie’s
wrist, where she’d propped it on a pillow. It was swollen and
bruised black and blue. Thankfully, her fingers weren’t blue
anymore, and she could wiggle them without a problem.
    “ Your