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A repeat of what happened the last time we faced down death together can’t happen. I won’t allow it.
“Wait.” He slides his hand into the pocket of his pants. He flashes me a small zip top bag. “These are Eloise’s things. I think you need to be the one holding onto them. She had a purse with her, too. I’ll go get it.”
I greedily take the bag and cradle it against my chest.
“I’ll do whatever it takes to save your girl,” Logan promises.
“I need her.” My voice breaks. “I’m going to marry her.”
“You will,” he assures me. “You will.”
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Gaines
Astrid restsher head against her husband’s shoulder as they sit in a private waiting area I directed them to.
“I don’t understand.” Tears stream down her cheeks. “You’re saying that she went into cardiac arrest? Is that a heart attack?”
“No,” I explain. “They’re different.”
I tack on more to offer her the hope that my colleagues have offered me. “She’s receiving the best care possible.”
“She’s not,” Astrid argues. “You should be in there. Why aren’t you in there?”
Berk pops a brow, silently asking the same question.
“I want to be,” I tell them both as I sit across from them. “It’s hospital policy not to work on someone you know. Someone you love.”
Berk gets it first. His eyes widen. “Gaines.”
Astrid gaze volleys between us. “What? She’s part of the family. He loves her just like he loves all of us.”
“No,” I say in a deep tone. “It’s not that kind of love, Astrid. I’m in love with her.”
“What?” Her voice rises. “Since when?”
“For years,” I answer honestly. “It’s a lot to explain, and I will, but suffice it to say I am head over heels in love with your cousin.”
She leans forward to wrap her arms around my neck. “How can I feel so much joy and be so scared at the same time?”
I pat the center of her back. “She’ll get through this.”
Clinging to me, she sobs. “We need her to.”
I agree with a silent nod of my head.
“Her parents and brother are on their way,” Berks fills me in. “I called them. I told them she was stable because that’s what the woman at the reception desk in the ED said before you found us.”
I pull back from my embrace with Astrid so I can address both of them. “She is stable.”
“I texted Pen to tell her,” she whispers. “I think she’s coming with Dax. She’s become important to Eloise.”
I nod.
“I’m going to go back in and check on her status.”
That loosely translates to I’m going in to hold her hand and kiss her.
