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Those words. A sob leaves my throat as I get close and when Vince peers up and sees me covered in blood, I’ll never forget his look. His eyes widen as he tries to stand, but then looks down at Cash. I see the indecision of whom to reach for first cross his face. The medics are pushing in closer and Tom is ripping Cash’s vest and shirt open. Vince falls back on his hands in a state of disbelief.
The medics have fully taken over and push Tom back. He gathers Vince and they back up a few more feet and it’s only then that Vince comes back to life, snapping his head in my direction again and charging for me.
“I’m fine! It’s not my blood!” I have my hands up, trying to ease his fear.
The entire street is on lockdown, and we hear more sirens.
He sweeps his hands over me. “It is your blood! You’re hit!” He pushes on my left bicep and I cry out. That heat I felt after the medic collapsed over me was a bullet. My stomach rolls and I fall weightless into his arms.
“Medic!”
“What the hell is happening?” Tom cries yells into his radio. Vincent wraps me up tight in his arms.
“Scene secured, Officer Casanova.”
“They fucking said that already and got it wrong.” Tom growls back over the mic.
“Confirmed, Officer Casanova.”
He and Vince have a silent conversation with their eyes until the shouts begin again.
“He’s going into arrest!”
“Pads! Now!” More medics push past us carrying a device. It quickly replaces the hands that were pumping his chest.
“Clear!”
Our attention is on Cash. I cry out as I see his body jump off the ground from the shock of the AED.
“Fuck!” Tom pulls at his hair and drops to his knees, head hanging low. I watch as a look of complete dismay washes over him. This can’t be happening right now. I can feel my heart pounding hard, banging like a drum in my ears and drowning out the surrounding sounds.
“We got a pulse! Move now!” We stand and watch in awe as they load Cash onto the stretcher, and put him into the back of the ambulance. The slamming of the doors jolts me and I let out a sob. Vince pulls me in close and we watch as one cop bangs twice on the door and the lights and sirens lead them out.
Immediately, a medic turns to me next. I look down at my arm and see blood running from an open wound. I had no idea that the strike of pain I felt was me being shot.
“It just grazed her skin, not a direct hit. But it needs to be cleaned and stitched.”
“Get her onto the bus!” Vince yells at the medics, then turns to Tom. “Tom! Call your sister. We’re going to be here all night and I don’t want Daisy to be alone. Ask her to pick up Angelina and have the two of them meet Daisy at the hospital. I want them both staying with Francesca and Jackson tonight.”
Tom nods and pulls out his cell, just going through the motions. The emotion and distress that was painted on him a moment ago is gone and a shell of a man is in its place. Officer Casanova has taken over and the Tom we know is gone. I understand it’s a scene, a terrible one at that, but I’m worried about how he’ll return from it.
Vince stands stoically next to him, lips in a straight line, brows furrowed low. He doesn’t say a word and never takes his eyes from me as I’m placed inside the ambulance and driven away from him.
ChapterTwenty-Nine
VINCENT
“Is she hot?”
“Bro, smoking. Like, seriously. Ask for the digits.”
Cash cracks his eyelids and we chuckle as the six foot two male nurse winks at him.
“You guys are such assholes.”
The nurse checks his fluids, makes a note on his chart, and leaves the room.
“How long have I been here?”
