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“I’m going to miss you,” I whisper as we pull apart and Dr. Thomas smiles, before he grunts, shocking me as he falls forward, his eyes rolling, and I quickly grab him, stumbling at his weight before suddenly his weight is gone and his body is slumped down on the floor, shocking me.

What the…

“Hello Sapphire,” I hear sneered and I look up to find Kavan is standing before me with a gleam in his eyes and a metal pole clutched in his hand, a pole I realize he’s just used on Dr. Thomas.

I gasp and go to run, but before I can move, blinding pain hits my head as a hard thump hits me, and everything goes black.

***

I squeeze my eyes tight as the air around me feels cold, slowly waking me. I breathe heavily as pain shoots through my head… so goddamn much pain that I feel like I’m going to vomit.

I feel like I have a hangover, or what I think a hangover would feel like… I was too busy with school to party.

I blink, then blink again, but all I see is black. My breathing picks up as I try to find any light. I move my hand, but I freeze as I touch something really cold, something that feels like a body and I gasp…

Dr. Thomas falling into me before he is thrown onto the floor, hits me before Kavan's dark eyes come back to me.

Oh god, no, please, no…

I gasp for breath as I tremor with the hard reality of my situation.

I’m in the morgue.

Panic hits me and I quickly check my pockets, hoping and praying Kavan wasn’t smart enough to check them. I let out a sob when I feel my phone and my hands tremble as I get it out and turn on the screen, lighting up the darkness. Another sob releases when I see I really am in the morgue, that I’m in a slot and I know if I look left, then I’ll be staring at a dead person.

My bottom lip wobbles as my tears fall, and I quickly unlock my phone. I notice I have one bar, and more sobs tear from my chest as I bring up Bradley's number. I press on it and put the phone to my ear.

It rings two times just as I hear a door slam open, making me jump, before Bradley’s voice hits my ears.

“Treasure, shouldn’t you be working, you know, saving lives and all that?” he jokes as another bang echoes. I can’t help the sob that escapes when I accidentally look to my side out of reflex. A deceased person, whose body is already gray, lies next to me, eyes open, blood on their head.

Oh god…

“Scottie?!” Bradley snaps, the smile in his voice gone, just as I hear, “What’s going on?” a voice that sounds like Lorenzo, but Bradley doesn’t answer him, instead, he says, “Scottie, talk to me…”

I cry, my body trembling, but I gasp when a bang hits the slot I’m in before I hear, “Stop fucking crying!”

Oh god, Kavan.

“The last thing I need is anyone to realize I’ve put you in here. If you keep crying, then I’ll knock you out again, and if you hadn’t let that MC scum touch you, then this wouldn’t be happening, would it, Sapphire?!” he snaps, and my tears fall.

He’s unhinged, he…

“Was that Kavan?” I hear through the line just as another bang sounds again, the sound of a door slamming, and I jump as my breathing becomes labored. Being in a small, confined space making it difficult to breathe while the throbbing in my head is not making it any easier.

I think I may be concussed, I can feel blood on the side of my head, and I’m dizzy.

“Treasure,” Bradley says softly, and I side-eye the dead body again before looking up, only to see metal, and I choke, “I-I need you,” just as the phone beeps and I let out a cry, seeing I’ve lost my signal.

“Please, please, please,” I cry as I try to call Bradley back, but my phone beeps several times, and my breathing escalates, and I know I’m going into a panic attack that I won’t be able to stop, not when breathing becomes difficult as it is.

Sobs tear from my chest as black dots dance in my eyes. I allow darkness to take me as the struggle to breathe becomes too much. Bradley's deep hazel eyes and wide smile are the last thing I see on my phone screen as he holds a happy Sammie who looks up at him like he hung the moon.

Chapter 22

Thunder

I roar out when Scottie’s voicemail picks up for the tenth time, and Flame says, “I’m logging into the hospital security, brother, hang on tight!” and I shake my head, every fiber of my being telling me to ride out, to get to the hospital.