Page 33 (1/2)

"What?" one of the guys from the front seat ask

"I see the head!" I repeat

Kara falls back against the door I rub her knee; the interior lights cos so no one else can see what I’o," I say, trying to be encouraging Kara looks ready to kill oes back inrunt in pain Then she screams so loud that I think my eardrums burst I look down just in ti to wrap the baby in There is nothing, so I rip my shirt off overhappens so quickly after she pushes that I’ot intoback against the door breathing heavily The cord is still attached, and I know that I need to find a way to tie it off and cut it That’s when I hear the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in h the windshield and can see the lights of an ah, as we pull off the road The ambulance is on the other side When they open my door and take Kara and my nephew, I feel my first real sense of relief since this day started

Trevor

"Where the fuck is she?" I putis working I can’t take a full breath I don’t knohat I will do if so down the hall towardstowards hi?"

"Liz and Kara are on their way in An a Place Road One feave birth before the ambulance was able to oing to need stitches and possibly a transfusion when they arrive" I rubthat Liz is on her way here givesback and forth in front of the eency room doors I need to hold her and see for , I run out the doors The ambulance hasn’t even co the door open Liz is sitting on the bench; Kara is strapped down in the stretcher, holding a small bundle in her arms The two EMTs look atLiz into my arms She is cold and pale, but awake

"Hi" She starts crying as soon as she speaks I tuck her face into my neck and hop out of the a hi tiain

I take a deep breath, the first breath I have taken since I found out that Liz washer in to the doctor," I tell hi to do his job As soon as I walk through the e us into a roo that her blood pressure is a little low due to blood loss; but everything else looks good She gives me another blanket for Liz to help war I wrap her up and sit in the chair next to the bed Her hair, chest, and hands are covered in dried blood I don’t kno much of it is hers; I know my dad said that Kara had the baby before the ambulance arrived "Did they hurt you anywhere else, baby?" I don’t want to ask, but I notice that she isn’t wearing a shirt I want to throw up She shakes her head but doesn’t answer I don’t want her to think that I would be upset with her "You can tell ainst her hand

"They didn’t touchbile crawling up the back of my throat

"I had to use it to wrap the baby in," she says, running her fingers through my hair "The only time they touched un because I was trying to o"

"Mr and Mrs Mayson?"

"Yes" I stand, wanting to get this over with I want to take irl home

"How’s Kara and the baby?" Liz asks

"They are both doing just fine After I get you stitched up, you can see theht I a your husband" I help her sit on the edge and stand between her legs,comfort in the feel of her skin underto nu to have to shave the area around the wound and clean it up before I start on the stiches" Liz nods, but her eyes fill with tears I hate seeing her in pain, knowing I can’t do anything about it

"I’ the underside of her jaw I try to have her focus on me as the doctor turns on a pair of clippers, the sound filling the small room The nurse comes in, followed by my dad and another officer, who start to ask Liz questions about what happened The more she talks, the more my blood starts to heat, bethat happened with Ti kidnapped, I was ready to hurt souys?" Dad asks her

"He said that he had been watching for a while," Liz answers

"Did he say why?"

"No" She shakes her head, and I can tell she’s lying "Is my brother okay?"

The other police officer answers, "He’s fine The guys who kidnapped you today went to your brother, showing him a picture of you and Kara When your brother saw the photo, he attacked one of the guys, overpowering hiun and shot your brother at close range in the side He’s awake, and with his wife and son"

"What?" she gasps

"It’s just a flesh wound, Mrs Mayson" Her body sags in relief when she hears he is all right "What happened to the guys who took us?"

"Both of theet your brother to go back with thely," Dad says

"Why?"

"They wanted hiathered against Max Tavero was all planted"