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Rose bites her lip as she stares at me, saying nothing.
“Rose!” I slap my hand on the bed beside me. “Tell me right now or I’m getting out of this bed to go find out myself.”
“Okay! Okay, okay.” She walks over and lays the baby down in its little hospital bassinet before grabbing a nearby chair and pulling it over to the bed. “You need to promise me you won’t panic, or freak out, or do anything that’s going to hurt you more than you already are.”
Acid bubbles in my throat and I swallow down the nausea. “You’re freaking me out. Where is Jackson?”
“Promise me, Cara!”
“I promise, now fucking tell me!” I grit through my teeth.
She takes a deep breath. “Do you remember anything before the hospital?”
I think back, trying to remember where I was or what I was doing.
“I remember going to The Pit.” I bite my lip. “Jackson was late. I was so mad at him.”
Rose nods sadly.
“You guys went… somewhere.”
“To get the cars.” Rose says.
I nod. “Yeah, you were getting the cars when Randall showed up.”
“What happened when he showed up?” She asks softly.
“Jackson went to the back because he didn’t want to get in a fight with him around a ton of strangers.”
I remember hearing grunts. I knew something was wrong, I shouldn’t have waited so long.
“I heard some noises and went to the back.” I shake my head. “They were fighting pretty bad.” My heart rate picks up. “I thought he was going to kill Jackson. I-I did what I had to.” I hiccup as I think about stabbing Randall.
“It’s okay. Keep going.” Rose grabs my hand and gives it a small squeeze.
“I s-stabbed him, and he stabbed me! My water broke. It was so painful. Then you guys showed up and…” I try to think… “Then I woke up here.”
“You don’t remember anything else?”
I squint as I dig deep into my brain, trying to pull any other thoughts or images from the other night. I shake my head. “Nothing… it’s just… gone.”
Rose sighs as she unfolds my hands and starts tracing the lines on my palm. “Jackson was stabbed, Cara.”
I freeze, my entire body going ice cold as I my first thought comes to mind.
“Jackson’s dead?”
Rose shakes her head. “No. He’s alive.” My body deflates into the mattress. I don’t know what I would have done. Just the thought of losing him… losing another man that I…
I, what?
“So, he’s fine then?” I ask her, ridding the question about me and Jackson from my mind. I can’t think about it right now, that’s something I will have to sit and contemplate when my mind isn’t freaking the hell out.
Rose shakes her head again. “No, he’s not fine, Cara. His dad stabbed him in the spine. He can’t walk.”
He can’t walk.
He can’t walk.
