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“Is Cait alright?”
“Well, she’s lost a lot of blood, but the wound was a through and through. It doesn’t appear to have done major damage to any vital organs, but we do need to go into surgery to repair a bleed that we can’t get under control. We will know more then.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means I’m cautiously optimistic, but I cannot guarantee anything. She seems to be a fighter.” She smiled. “As long as she makes it through the surgery and we can bring the bleed under control, I’d say she’d got a fighting chance.”
Relief filled my body like the sun coming out after a storm.
“Our Chief of Surgery, Dr. Okowa will lead.”
“Can I see her before she goes in?”
Dr. Wilmur looked hesitant, but as she appraised my blood-soaked clothes, she softened.
“Just for a moment. We really don’t want to delay surgery.”
“Thank you,” I gasped as I leapt to my feet and dashed across the hall, not waiting for Dr. Wilmur.
The nurses surrounding Cait looked up, startled, as I burst through the doors and practically pushed them out of the way.
The doctor followed me in and spoke quietly to the nurses who all backed away to give me a moment with my wife.
I gazed down at her. She looked so small in the big bed with all the wires surrounding her. People always said that, but she really did.
I opened my mouth to speak to her, but then I remembered when Bree had been in her coma. I’d told Cait she looked like a moron for speaking to her best friend, because she couldn’t hear her.
I wondered if that had been true.
I leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead and squeezed her hand.
She was going to make it.
She had to.
Tears pricked at my eyes like tiny needles. “You’re not allowed to die? Okay? Do you hear me?” I stroked the slightly bloodstained hair off her face and caressed her cheek. “You can’t leave me.” My voice came out all strangled, and I had no idea if she could hear me, but I needed to say it anyway.
“Alright, Mr. O’Callaghan. We need to take her to surgery now,” Dr Wilmur said, moving to stand beside me.
I nodded, forcing back the tears. She was going to be okay. “Take care of her, okay?”
“Of course.” She squeezed my arm and gave me a sympathetic smile as the nurses crowded around again and moved Cait out of the room.
I watched them go, wishing to hell I’d chosen a different path…
I can’t lose her.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Cait
Iknew I’d been asleep for a while when my eyelids opened and the first thing that hit me was how greasy my hair felt.
I groaned as the harsh light made my pupils shrink far too fast and raised my hand to cover my eyes.
Ouch.
A tugging at my skin made me wince, and I noticed I was hooked up to several lines.
