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“I cannot divulge information about patients to—”
“I’m her fiancé,” I rushed out.
I felt Prism’s surprise and his side-eye, but I kept my focus on the man withholding the information about my girl.
The doctor’s brows rose. “You’re her fiancé?”
I nodded. “Yeah. We’re engaged.”
“You didn’t tell me that,” someone said from close by.
I glanced over at the nurse who’d been acting like the queen of the castle behind the desk earlier. “It shouldn’t matter,” I retorted. “You saw me arrive with her in the ambulance.”
“You arrived here with her?” the doctor asked.
I nodded.
“Did you see what happened to her?”
I swallowed and shook my head, mentally reliving her sprawled out there in that dark stairwell alone. “No,” I rasped.
The doctor made a disappointed sound, and my heart dropped.
“But she called me,” I said, desperate to prove I had the right to information about her. The right to be there at her side. “She called me and said someone was chasing her. She sent me her location, and I went there.”
“We all did,” Prism said beside me, and I nodded.
“She was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She was unconscious.”
“A fall down the stairs would be consistent with her injuries,” the doctor murmured, glancing at what I assumed was her chart.
Injuries. I stiffened and moved forward, but P caught the back of my shirt and tugged, reminding me to keep my cool. Fisting my hands, I shoved them into the pockets of my jeans to keep myself from grabbing the man by his coat.
“Please,” I practically begged. “Please just tell me if she’s okay. Is she awake? Is she in pain? Please…”
Something in my voice must have swayed him. Maybe he could sense my torture. Maybe he didn’t want to hear a grown man beg. I didn’t give a fuck. I’d drop to my knees right here if I thought it would get me what I wanted.
He cocked his head. “Fiancé, you said?”
“Yes.” I agreed without pause.
The nurse nearby made a sound of disbelief, and I mentally scratched her off the wedding invite list. Hell, my Christmas card list too.
Fine, I didn’t have either of those, but if I did, she wouldn’t be on it.
“It’s new,” I explained to the doctor. He was the one I had to convince. “We haven’t told many people. My parents said we’re too young.” I went on, chest tight. “But I don’t care anymore… I love her.”
Maybe I should feel like shit for lying like this. But not all of it was a lie.
“It’s true, Doc,” Rush said from behind me. “We helped him plan the proposal.”
“Yeah.” Wes agreed instantly. “We spent a whole afternoon lighting candles and cutting out paper stars so he could surprise her.”
“It was so romantic,” Madison professed, stepping so close to me that her shoulder brushed against the back of my arm. “Jess was so happy.”
A light tug on my shirt sleeve made me pause. I glanced around and noticed that all of them were standing there nodding. Totally backing up the lies I was spewing. Totally all in with me. Hell, even the security guard seemed invested. Must have been the chocolate cream.
“Are any of you a blood relative?” the doctor questioned.
