A Midsummer's Caress

Chapter 42

"What's going on?" Opie inquired.

"We've had someone who will remain anonymous be extremely generous to the club and loan us the funds the Irish are asking for." Jax explained making the others murmur to who had given such a large sum of money to them.

"Who has the money to just donate to us?" Ratboy asked.

"They want to remain anonymous. Cara-Cara is doing well but we're not seeing huge sums of money from our investment yet. What we need to decide is what other ventures do we want to try to bring in more money? People have families to take care of and child support payments to make." Jax stated.

"Could we open a bar?" Ratboy offered.

"That's an idea." Tig stated, "Or maybe strip club?"

"Good ideas guys." Jax nodded as he lit up a cigarette.

The large group sat around discussing ideas on business ventures, what it would take to start them up, the cost to keep them going, and what kind of money they could make from each. It took several hours before they decided to try their hand at opening a bar. As Quinn was busy in church, Harlow was in the kitchen deciding what to make for dinner that night. Suddenly she heard a loud scream so she raced outside to see what was going on. Willow was holding her left arm to her chest and crying almost hysterically. Gage and Kian looked frightened and the dogs were all sniffing around. She asked what happened and Gage told her that Willow had fallen off the slide of the swing set and hurt her arm. Willow wouldn't even let her mother touch her arm so Harlow decided the girl needed to be seen at the ER. She ushered everyone back into the house before helping the kids into their booster seats. Harlow's heart was hammering in her throat as she drove to the local hospital worried about her little girl. Willow was still holding her arm to her chest and crying as Harlow ushered all the children into the ER. The nurse looked at her with sympathy as Harlow took the clipboard and went to have a seat. She filled out everything she could before handing the clipboard back.

Willow was eventually taken back to triage to have her vitals taken and to see why she'd been brought into the ER that day. Harlow explained all she knew as the nurse took Willow's vitals. The nurse wrote down everything before telling the group to go back and have a seat and that they'd be called shortly. It was irritating Harlow as she wanted her daughter to be seen quickly. Her daughter was crying and in pain and Harlow wanted something done about it. After what felt like forever, they were finally called back. Harlow held Gage and Kian's hands while Willow followed the nurse. Harlow helped Willow up onto the exam table in the ER as the two boys had a seat on the floor by the foot of the bed. Willow was still crying when the nurse came in to take her vitals once more. Harlow was getting very irritated wanting a doctor to check out her child. The nurse asked her what happened so Harlow gave her all the information she had regarding the incident. When the nurse tried to look at Willow's arm, the girl screamed and jumped back nearly falling off the exam bed.

Harlow did her best to calm her upset child down as she sat on the bed then pulled Willow into her lap. She held tightly to Willow so the nurse could check out her arm. Willow was crying and kicking around making Harlow frown. The nurse put her notes in the system before leaving the small group alone again. It killed Harlow to know her daughter was in so much pain but there was nothing she could do at the moment. It took over an hour before the doctor came in with the nurse. He, too, took a look at Willow's arm. "Yes, it's broken. We'll have to set it and put it in a cast." the doctor told Harlow making her sigh. This was not what she wanted to hear. Seeing how much pain the little girl was in, the doctor decided to give her a shot of pain medicine to ease her pain and help calm her down. The nurse came back in a few minutes later with a release form for Harlow to sign and the shot. Willow didn't want the needle in her arm but her mother kept telling her it was going to help with the pain as she held tightly to the little girl. The nurse expertly injected the medicine into her arm and put a band-aid over the injection site. It was apparently quite strong because a few minutes later, Willow had not only quit crying but was practically asleep. The nurse came back with a wheelchair to help Willow to head upstairs to have her arm set and a cast put on.