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“No, don’t, Emmy.” I hear Ryan, but I have to think of the patient.
I move toward him, and he yanks me by the arm when I’m within reach. He spins me around and puts the gun to my head, using me as a shield.
“Look, I’m right here. Let these others go. They don’t deserve to be hurt for something you’re mad at me for.” I assume he’s mad at me. He laughs, and the sound is bitter.
“Get out, or I kill her,” he yells, and people are moving.
Nurses start pushing beds. A nurse grabs Bailey’s bed and starts to move her. Ryan passes in front of the room we are in, pushing Bailey’s mom’s bed.
“Not her or her mother,” Bailey’s father says and fires the gun next to my ear.
I cry out and cringe. When I don’t feel anything, I look and see a nurse on the ground holding her side.
“Let me treat her,” I beg, but he doesn’t let me go.
He smacks the gun against my head and then points it at Ryan. I can’t let him shoot him. He has a family who needs him.
“No, not him. He can treat her.” I hear the emotion in my voice and clear my throat. I need to sound firmer so this guy doesn’t know how much Ryan means to me.
“Dr. St. James,” Ryan starts, but the gun goes off again.
I scream and look at Ryan. He’s uninjured, but the bullet struck Bailey’s mom. Ryan moves to help her, and the guy fires the gun again.
“I said not her. Leave her and get the nurse.” He points at the nurse on the floor.
Ryan moves past us and the guy backs up, pulling me away from Ryan. I watch as Ryan carefully lifts the nurse into his arms and carries her to a waiting gurney.
“Move my wife into here too,” the guy orders a couple of technicians, and they do as he says. Bailey looks over at her mom and starts crying harder. I’m pretty sure her mom is not going to make it. I need to keep Bailey safe.
After some time and insisting, security finally clears the ER. They didn’t like leaving me with him and two patients, but they couldn’t put any more people at risk. Once the ER is clear, I try to come up with a plan. If I can keep a level head, maybe I can get the upper hand here.
“Let me check their vitals and make sure they are okay,” I say once he calms behind me.
“Fine, but they are just going to die, like you and I will before this is all over.”
His words hurt. I’m never going to see my family or Trevor again. I’m not going to have the happily ever after that was finally in my grasp. I could have had some good times already if I hadn’t pushed Trevor away so much.
I push those thoughts out of my head and try to figure out how to save all of us.
* * *
Trevor
JD pulls the ambulance up to chaos. The main part of the hospital is on lockdown, and the ER has been evacuated. Patients are everywhere in the parking lot. Doctors and nurses are trying to help as more paramedics show up on scene to help stabilize or transport patients to the next town over. The helicopter is on standby if needed.
Rumors are a gunman has taken over the ER. They say a doc and two patients are still in there with him. I’m glad my girl is home safe with the boys.
“Trevor.” I hear my name as I step out of the ambulance. Both Karston and Ryan are walking toward me and my gut clenches.
“It’s Emmy,” Ryan says, and I drop. My knees slam into the pavement and my head falls. I scream into my fists and then come up fighting. I need to get to my girl. Police tackle me to the ground and Karston is on top of me. When my vision clears, I see Ryan looking at me with a black eye and concern on his face.
“Why? Why is she here?”
“It’s a pediatric patient and her mother. A previous patient of Emersyn’s,” Ryan says. “The gunman is the father and spouse. He wanted Emmy from the get-go. He said he came there for her.”
“We brought in the mom and her seven-year-old. The mom was beaten within an inch of her life. The kid had a broken arm and was beaten too. They told us the perp was not on scene, so we transported,” Karston tells me. I notice police and security are on hand too.
“Ryan.” I hear a woman’s voice and turn to see a tall, slender woman walking toward us. She moves smoothly in heavy boots. She’s flanked by two large men.
