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“What is your address?”
I rattle off our address as I try to check Adeline for a pulse.
“Is she breathing?” The operator asks after she assures me that an ambulance has been dispatched to our apartment.
“Yeah, and she has a pulse. I just- I can’t get her to wake up.”
“The ambulance should be pulling up any second Miss. They’re going to take care of her.” The operator assures me.
I hear sirens as the ambulance pulls up outside our building. After that everything happens in a blur. The paramedics come in and check Adeline for a pulse and look in her eyes. They put her on the stretcher and wheel her out as I explain to them about her tumor and how she’s been acting the last couple of days. They wheel her outside and into the back of the ambulance as people stop and stare. I push past them, not letting Adeline out of my sight. I climb into the back of the ambulance and sit in a daze as they work on Adeline as the ambulance speeds towards the hospital.
We pull up to the hospital and everything is in motion once again. The paramedics and nurses yank the back doors open and they jump out, pulling Adeline out after them. I try to keep up with them but the nurses stop me when we get to a door marked Employees Only. The nurse directs me to a waiting area a few feet away.
“Someone will let you know more soon.” She says kindly.
I walk over to a waiting room chair and collapse into it. I must sit there in a daze for over an hour and still, no one has told me what’s happening. My phone rings in my pocket and I pull it out to see it’s Bianca.
“Hello?” I say numbly.
“Aspen? Where are you?” She asks, worry clear in her voice.
“Adeline. I-I couldn’t get her to wake up this morning. They took her to the hospital and I’m here now but no one has told me what’s going on. Sorry. I should have called. It’s just been a-”
“Whoa! Don’t apologize Aspen. I was just worried when you didn’t show up. I’ll cover for you today. Let me know if you need anything and when you find out about Addy.”
“I will. Thank you so much, Bianca.” I say honestly.
I can hear disgruntled customers in the background so I let her go and hang up. I sit there for another few minutes before I pull my phone out once again.
He answers on the first ring.
“Kitten. We were just coming to look for you.”
“I’m at the hospital.” I sob into the phone. “It’s Adeline.”
FOURTEEN
Flynn
“She’s at the hospital.It’s Adeline.”
The euphoria I had been feeling only moments before evaporated at those words. I lean over the seat and shout to Jack to take us to the hospital before I pry the phone from Roman’s hand and put it on speaker so I can hear too.
“What happened, Kitten?” I ask.
“I went home this morning to get ready for work and I couldn’t wake her. I had to call 911 and they sent an ambulance. We just got to the hospital like an hour ago and she’s back in surgery but no one can tell me anything and I don’t know what to do.” She says as her voice catches again and I can tell that more tears are streaming down her face as she tells us what happened.
“It’s ok. Roman and I are on our way.” I say.
“Yeah, we’ll be there soon.” Roman says.
“Do- oh god. Do you think that she’s going to die?” She asks and her voice is so small and scared that it breaks my heart.
“No. No, Kitten. She’s going to be ok. Just hold on, we’re only a couple of minutes away now.”
“Ok.”
I hear someone call her name in the background and she pulls the phone away to talk to them.
