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“Don’t apologize. You were a little preoccupied.” My laugh turned to a cough, reminding me I’d taken a bullet in the side, too.
“I’m glad,” I said, my eyelids getting heavier by the second.
“Me too.”
Kroup started talking, but the world around me faded as I lost the battle to stay conscious.
Chapter 58
Ashley
Irefused to leave Nathan when they put him on a gurney and transferred him to the ambulance. I held his free hand while they checked his vitals and inserted the IV needle.
Kroupa said he’d follow and drop AJ off at the emergency room before taking Havoc to the vet.
No one promised me Nathan would be okay. Which I appreciated as much as it pissed me off. I didn’t want false hope, but I needed someone to tell me everyone would be okay.
There wasn’t much more the paramedics could do. The tourniquet had stopped the bleeding. They said the doctor wouldremove it later. They replaced the bandage on his side, but then they did nothing. Or at least that’s what it seemed like.
“Will he be okay?” I asked.
The paramedic looked at me, then at his notes. “He’s stable for now.”
I could’ve done without the for now part, but hearing Nathan was stable helped me breathe a little easier.
“Ma’am, are you injured?” the paramedic asked.
“No.” I looked like hell warmed over, but I wasn’t hurt. I was dirty and stinky but uninjured. “I’m fine.”
He asked me for personal information about Nathan, but I didn’t have any.
What kind of girlfriend was I that I didn’t know his date of birth? Or anything else about him.A bad one. “I swear I’ll learn everything about you if you’ll just be okay.”
The sirens cut out as the ambulance stopped.
“We’re here.” The paramedic helped me out before he and his partner wheeled Nathan out and into the emergency room.
I followed them until they told me I couldn’t.
I was standing in the ER waiting room, staring at the doors Nathan had disappeared through, when AJ walked in.
“Have you seen a doctor yet?” he asked, pulling my attention away from the swinging metal doors.
I shook my head. “You need one more than I do.” I pointed at his leg. The red stain on his bandage was spreading.
“Let’s go to the counter.” He wrapped his arm around me and steered me to the waiting nurse.
AJ took the forms, insisted on filling out mine before his, then brought them back to the nurse. The ER doors opened again before he sat back down. Paramedics rolled John in on a gurney, with Jay following close behind.
Jay said goodbye to his dad before plopping down in the seat next to me.
“You see a doctor yet?” he asked.
Why was everyone so concerned about me? I was the least injured person here.
“No, you need to see the doctor before I do.”
“AJ first.” He nodded at AJ’s leg. “How bad is it?”
