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Barreling into the waiting room, I head straight for the front desk, slamming my hands down on it, startling the poor girl behind it.
“A girl, Payton Hart, was just brought in. Car accident. Where is she?” I don’t have to see myself to know my eyes are wild.
“Please, sir.” The woman clicks away at her desktop. “Can you slow down?”
“Payton Hart.”
She looks down at her computer and starts to type.
I can hear the way her fingers hit the keyboard in slow, spaced-out movements. It’s driving me insane with how long it is taking.
I’m probably better off walking away and having Jaxson hack the hospital. Then I would know exactly what is going on.
After another second, she looks up from the computer.
“I’m sorry, sir. She’s in triage right now, I’ll be able to find out—”
“I want to see her now.”
“I’ll see what I can do.”
And I know without a measure of doubt, Cyrus Reed will come through for me again.
I start to pace as I wait for her to update me. My feet hitting the floor heavily.
Fear and anger knot inside me. The thought of her broken on the ground, blood pouring out of her head, has me shattered.
I feel like a piece of glass that just got hit with a hammer.
No matter how hard I breathe, it’s impossible to calm my erratic pulse.
Hands clenched at my sides.
I can’t rid myself of the image of her lying there.
Who did this?
Paul.
He’s the only one who makes sense.
A commotion has me turning to the entrance of the hospital.
Cyrus.
He’s striding toward me.
When he’s in front of me, he places a hand on my shoulder.
“What are you doing here?”
Cyrus doesn’t answer. Instead, he gives me a look that tells me all I need to know.
We are family.
Family takes care of each other.
“Let’s go,” he says, and I shake my head in confusion, but I follow anyway. We walk past the woman, straight through the doors that lead into the restricted part of the hospital. We’re only a few steps inside when a man in a suit approaches us. He’s not a doctor, that’s for sure.
