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The room falls into silence again, and I try to ignore the blood crusted on my jeans and hoodie as I move.
How can we go from voting in one brother to be president, and expecting a vote on another brother, knowing the only president we’ve ever known will no longer hold the title, to being in the hospital?
The door opens, and Harper sits up straight when the doctor walks in.
“Mr. and Mrs. Jackson?”
They step forward, Alannah clinging to Cas like he’s all the support she needs.
“Before you say anything, just tell me if he’s still alive,” Cas barks.
“He’s alive…” There’s a collective sigh of relief, but the doctor’s not finished. “He’s not out of the woods yet. We took him straight into surgery to remove the bullet, but we were unable to retrieve it. It’s too close to the base of his spine. He’s lucky it didn’t penetrate, as it was mere millimetres to the left.”
“What does that mean? Can he live with a bullet inside of him?” Alannah questions.
“We’ve put him into an induced coma. We’ll monitor the bullet, and when it’s safe to remove it, we will. But for now, we’ll monitor his vitals and do all we can.”
Alannah falls into Cas, and he wraps his arms around her.
Taking in the crowd, the doctor informs us, “You’ll be able to sit with him, but only two at a time.”
As if we didn’t know that. This isn’t our first rodeo.
Mom jumps up to hug Alannah, as Cas turns to us all.
“You should all go back to the club. There’s nothing you can do here, apart from getting numb asses and sore backs.” He tries to lighten the mood, even though this is killing him. “Ride through town nice and slow. I want to make sure there aren’t any stray Rat fucks about.”
The brothers get to their feet, but I remain on my ass with Harper. Luca and Victoria hang back as well, but I’m surprised Mom and Dad left. Out of everyone, they’re the closest to the Jacksons.
Cas and Alannah get ready to go and sit with Leo, when the door opens and the fucking sheriff walks in, flanked by her deputy.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” Cas roars, not caring to hold his tongue.
“We received reports of a gunshot victim.”
“Oh, so you’re gonna jump into action and go get the bad guy?” Cas snarls, knowing full well the prick has paid the price for his actions.
As Cas steps close to her, her deputy inches forward, his hand going to his gun. She quickly holds out her arm to halt him.
“We both know you’re not gonna do shit, so run along and leave us be.”
Grabbing her purse, Alannah slides her hand into Cas’s.
“Come on. Leo needs us.”
“You should all go home too. We’ll call if anything changes.”
They both walk out, leaving the sheriff glaring at us.
“You heard him—fuck off,” Luca snaps, and I smirk.
The guy has no fear of authority, which is just another reason he’ll make a great president.
“We’ll see you both soon.”
“Not if we can help it,” I mutter as they turn to leave.
“She’s got some balls showing up here when she has to know that we know she’s fucking corrupt.”
