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Paramedics rushed out of the ambulance and opened up the back to unload the stretcher, wheeling it over to Loche as Malachi and Cole placed him on it.
“He’s been stabbed in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen,” Malachi informed the paramedics. “I think he’s in shock from the blood loss.” He looked over his shoulder at me standing behind them, shellshocked. “And she’s been stabbed, too. Load her in there with him.”
Both paramedics looked up at me. One of their lips moved, but I didn’t hear the words coming out of their mouth. “There’s a body in the backyard,” I said, staring blankly at Loche on the stretcher. “I killed him.”
Malachi and Cole looked at each other, concerned. Ears ringing and vision fading, my legs gave way from underneath me, and I fell to the snow, caught by a pair of hands before my head could slam into the ground.
Chapter 24
Loche
Iopened my eyes, finding myself connected to lines, cords, and devices I hadn’t seen before.
Was I in a hospital?
Through a foggy haze, memories came flooding back to me. The surveillance footage. The call from Cole. The drive to Ever’s house. The fight with Travis. He’d stabbed me, right? My hand drifted down, finding dressings where the stab wound had been. Yup, that fucker had stabbed me.
Shit. He’d also stabbed Ever. I tried to sit up, but pain and equipment prevented me from getting too far.
“Take it easy there, slugger.”
What. The. Fuck.
I turned my head to see Ever’s friend Katy sitting in a chair next to my bed. Forget the hospital, I’d died, and I was in hell.
“Wow. You really are good-looking conscious.” She observed, patting my arm. “Good for Ever.”
“Where is she?” I asked, more confused now than worried.
“She went to grab a coffee with your mom in the cafeteria. She’ll be back in a few minutes. She didn’t want you to wakeup alone, so she asked me to stay.” Katy laughed. “Man, she is going to be super pissed you woke up while she was gone. Maybe fake being asleep before she walks into the room and magically wake up as soon as she’s next to you. I’ll have your back.”
I groaned.
“It could be worse. You could be dead.”
“That’s looking on the bright side.”
“You know, you really should be less of a grump. If not for my party, you would still be staring at Ever through her bedroom window.”
“I never once stared at her through her bedroom window.”
“Mmhmm.”
I ran my hand over my face, almost wishing it were a chloroform rag. “How is Ever doing?”
“She’s been worse.” My stomach dropped as Ever was wheeled into the room in a wheelchair by my mom. “Of course, she’s also been better, too.”
“Whoa. Check out that heart rate,” Katy said, staring at my heart monitor. “If you get any more excited, you’ll have the nurses running in here.”
My mom parked Ever’s wheelchair next to my bed before turning around and leaning down to kiss my forehead. “Thank God you’re okay,” she said. “But I swear to God, Loche, if you make me worry like that again, I’ll kill you myself.”
Ever snort-laughed. “I think I’m in love with your mom.”
“You know I can’t make that kind of promise, Mom. How about I just promise to do my best, instead?”
“If that’s the best you can do,” Mom sighed, “I guess I’ll take it.”
“If it’s any consolation, I don’t think Ever has any more homicidal exes, so at least I won’t be stabbed by any more of them.”
