Her eyes flutter and then shut, and I fear I’ve lost her.
When we getto the hospital, the doctor tells me to leave.
“I’m a surgeon in this hospital. I work under Dr. Sear.”
“I’m sorry, but this isn’t your department. You know the rules. Go out to the waiting room.”
“No.”
“Go, or security will remove you from the premises.” The doctor gives me a stern look.
“I’m not leaving her,” I say as Noah walks in.
“Xander, you need to come to the waiting room.” He puts his hand onmy shoulder.
“I’m not leaving here,” I repeat.
“I will call security,” the doctor warns me.
Noah gets in my face. “You can’t do anything right now but come to the waiting room. If you don’t go, you’ll be kicked out, and that won’t help Charlotte. Come on.”
I glance at her as the nurse shuts the curtain then Noah leads me to the waiting room.
Jamison is already there with Quinn and Piper.
It hasn’t even been an hour, but it feels like a lifetime passes before the doctor comes out. Piper stands next to me, since she’s one of her “in case of emergency” contacts.
“She has a concussion, and we are worried about internal bleeding. She has terrible bruising. I’m shocked, but she doesn’t have any broken bones. Her left wrist is sprained, and she came down on her shoulder pretty hard, but we didn’t find any fractures.”
“What about her foot? She was in a car accident this year and had to have it reconstructed.”
“Her foot is fine.”
“Is she awake?”
The doctor shakes his head. “She is in and out of consciousness. We are trying to keep her awake.”
“Can I see her?”
The doctor shakes his head again. “Not yet. We will let you know when you can go back.”
“How long will that be?” I ask in a snarky tone.
He gives me a look of mixed sympathy and annoyance. “We will let you know.”
Piper puts her hand on my arm. “Xander, come sit down.”
I plop into a chair. I don’t know what else to do.
I feel a hand on my shoulder. Vivian is sitting next to me. “They kicked me out,” I tell her.
She nods.
“I’m a doctor, and they kicked me out.”
Several minutes pass, and Chase arrives.
She needs to wake up and stay awake.
