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Kasey
Breathing in the fresh air as I walk out of the hotel, my eyes land on Felicity and her brother as they walk out of the Chinese restaurant. He has his arm around her, which he always seems to do, and they’re smiling.
It makes my heart lighter to see the smile on her face and I’m hoping that she managed to tell him about me, and that he’s okay with me being with his sister.
Watching her now though, with her long hair blowing behind her in the wind and a gorgeous smile on her face, makes me long to capture that image forever.
She’s beautiful and when she smiles like that for me, it unmans me. I’m so lost in her that it’s only as her smile slips that I realize something is wrong, and then she’s looking across the road at me, and our eyes lock.
In seconds, she’s grabbing at her brother and I feel panic rising because he’s so close to dragging her in the street. She continues to tug him away from the edge of the sidewalk, but every time she gains some footing, he seems to fall closer.
I drop my bag, intending to dash across the street, when Blake’s teammate, Roger, curses beside me.
“Whatever those two are arguing over needs to stop. He needs to let her have a life.”
I snap my head to him and he shrugs. “She’s his little sister. He raised her since she was twelve. He loves her, but has a temper if their relationship is threatened…Oh fuck!” he curses loudly.
My eyes fly across the road, just in time to watch Blake dash from the sidewalk, and into the path of an SUV.
The tires from the SUV smoke as the driver desperately tries to avoid hitting him, but although the impact isn’t as hard as it could have been, it’s still enough to send Blake flying up and into the road, where he rolls before coming to a stop.
Other cars screech, breaking hard, and in the next minute, I hear Felicity screaming as she takes off toward her brother. That gets me moving as I race toward her, and crouching down behind her, I wrap my arms around her waist, holding her up. Felicity turns her face into my chest and cries. Her sobs are so hard that they wash out other sounds.
I’m not sure how long we’ve been sitting in the middle of the road with her brother, while an off duty medic tries to help him, but a paramedic unit finally arrives and they take over.
He’s still alive but unconscious and with the odd angle of his leg, I’d say it’s at least broken. I’m just praying that there isn’t anything more serious going on inside of him. He’s always been an arrogant asshole on the ice, but he’s the brother of the woman I’m in love with, so I need him to pull through, for her, if for no one else.
“Which hospital are you taking him to?” I ask once they’ve loaded him on the gurney.
“Mercy. Are you family?”
“This is his sister and I’m her fiancé. Can you tell them that his family is on the way?” Small lie but I’ll be damned if they don’t let me stay with her.
The paramedic nods.
“Can I travel with him so he isn’t alone?” Roger asks, looking like he’s about to lose his shit.
“Who are you?” the other paramedic asks.
“His brother.”
Roger gets into the ambulance with Blake and I have to smile. Technically Roger didn’t lie because they’re teammates and brothers on the ice, but he mislead them, just like I did. I’m not even sure Felicity heard either one of us because she appears to be in shock.
I just need to get her to the hospital in time to be there for her brother, so before the emergency vehicle moves, I usher Felicity into a cab and tell the driver to step on it to the hospital before I finally turn to Felicity.
“We’ll be there soon and knowing your brother, he’s not going to go down without a fight.”
“It’s all my fault.” She sobs. “I told him about us and he really appeared to be okay with it, but I left out your name. But then he saw you staring at me across the road, and he turned and asked me outright if it was you. The answer was written all over my face. He tried to go after you but I held him back. He got my fingers loose and ran. He didn’t even look…Oh God,” she wails. “Why does he always have to be so hot tempered?”
Holding her tightly against my chest, I let her cry while I pray that he really will be okay. There was blood to one side of his head along with scratches over his face and arms. There’s at least one break, which is going to lay him out for a while. It’s that last part that has me worried about what’s going to happen between Felicity and me. Makes me a selfish bastard but everything between us is so new even though it feels like I’ve known her for a long time.
At least her tears have stopped by the time we climb from the cab. Keeping my arm around her shoulders, we make our way inside and to the reception desk.
Felicity rests her hands on the desk and when the nurse looks up, she offers her a soft smile. “What can I do for you?” She glances at me and back to Felicity.
“My brother…” She swallows and lowers her head.
“Her brother, Blake Kelly, was just hit by a car. I’m not sure whether or not we’ve beaten the paramedics here. He was unconscious at the scene.”
