Page 6 of Chaotic Curse
The volunteer taps on her computer.“Goodness.He’s in the ICU.Fifth floor.”
Hawk squeezes my hand.“Thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me.”I pull on his arm.“Let’s go see your brother.”
Silently we walk toward the elevators, and I press the up button.When the elevator dings and the doors open, I’m ecstatic that it’s empty.Hawk and I walk inside, and I press the button for the fifth floor.
When the doors open, we walk out, and in the waiting room, Vinnie and Raven, Falcon and Savannah, Robin, and Star are all waiting.
Robin rises and walks toward us, embracing Hawk.“Thank God,” she says.
Hawk finally speaks.“How is he?”
“We don’t know anything yet,” she says.“Except that…”
“Except what?”Hawk demands.
Her face twists.“The doctor says that, at this point, he has a fifty-fifty chance.”
My heart drops.
So does Hawk’s.I can almost see it drop from his chest cavity to his stomach.He shakes his head slowly.
“I’m so sorry,” I say to Robin.
“They’re doing everything they can,” Robin says.“Mom is beside herself, of course.We haven’t told Dad yet.”
“I’ll tell him,” Hawk says.
“We’ll all tell him,” Robin says.“But not yet.Mom doesn’t want him worrying.He needs his strength for his own healing.”
Hawk simply nods.
“Can we see him?”I ask.
“They’re only letting two people in at once.Mom has been with him most of the time, but she’s out here because she wanted to give Falcon and Savannah some time with him.But maybe you two can go in before Mom goes back.”
Hawk looks at Star.“Mom?Okay if we go see him?”
Star doesn’t look at her son.She simply nods while still staring at her clasped hands in her lap.
Hawk takes my hand and heads to the desk.“I’m Hawk Bellamy.Eagle Bellamy’s brother.We’d like to see him, please.”
“He’s nonresponsive,” the attendant says.
“Doesn’t matter,” Hawk says, his jaw rigid.“He’s my little brother.I want to see him.”
“I’ll ring for a nurse.”Then she looks at me.“And you are?”
“She’s with me,” Hawk says before I have a chance to answer.
The attendant simply nods and makes the call.
A moment later a nurse in scrubs comes through the double doors and meets us at the attendance desk.“You’re Mr.Bellamy’s brother?”
“Yes, and this is my companion, Daniela Agudelo.”His voice is artificially steady.“We’d like to see my brother please.”
“You are certainly allowed to see him.But I have to warn you he’s unconscious.And?—”
