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She cliet infors about an aht and that the hospital had been alerted

She finally grabbed one of the crew ave her a short nod

Her stomach dropped "How badly?"

"Nobody knows yet They have to cut him out of the car first, then they’ll helicopter him to the local hospital"

She reached for the nearby equip her

Cut hirabbed her phone out of her pocket to call Gray’s parents

EVELYN HAD WAITED WHILE GRAY HAD BEEN THROUGH X-ray and CT scans and then his parents had spoken with the doctors Donny and Stacie were there with her along with Ian, so she was glad not to be alone

They kept the ca care of feeding the media information

All Evelyn could do was sit and wait and pray that he was going to be all right She couldn’t handle looking at the television, which was set to the sports station that had been replaying the crash nonstop

She’d looked once, seeing Gray hit fro down the track He’d been broadsided and had gone airborne before sla into the wall There’d been a chain reaction and he’d been hit again Then again

It had been a brutal, horrendous crash He was lucky to be alive and she thanked God for the organization’s safety requirements and the vehicle safety standards that the drivers always coht now

When the senator ca

He came over to her and took her hands

"He has a concussion and a broken leg and probably a couple broken ribs He’s going to be fine, though"

Tears filled her eyes and she hugged the senator "Thank you for telling us How’s Loretta?"

"Tougher than I thought she’d be Carolina was packing to head this way Loretta called her"

"Good" She sniffled and sht if I see him?"

"I’ll take you up"

She introduced him to Ian The senator took a few minutes to speak with Ian, then he took her up via the elevator to the ICU

"He’s going to be fine, Evelyn"

"Yes, sir"

"You love him"

She didn’t even hesitate "Yes, sir"

"He loves you too, you know"

She let the tears fall "I was afraid he was going to die I don’t knohat I’d do without hi to be without hi to be pissed off about this crash"

She laughed through the tears "I’ot to the entrance of the ICU, she went and hugged Loretta

"God serous sport"

"But he’s so good at what he does, Loretta You know as soon as he’s able, he’ll be right back out there"

She sighed and squeezed Evelyn’s hands "I know"

"He’s pretty out of it right now, heavily ht not be awake"

"I won’t be long Thank you for lettingat the doorway to take a deep breath

Gray, her strong, indestructible hero, was hooked up to tubes and IVs, and was bruised, bandaged, and looked utterly broken Pushing back the tears, she walked in

He was asleep She sat in the chair next to him and slid her hand under his

"You have to heal, Gray And take your ti to hate"

He didn’t move, and all she heard was the soft whirr of thedown for a few minutes?" She smoothed her other hand over the top of his

"I will if you will"

Her gaze shot to his His eyes were half open

"You’re awake"

"I have the worst fucking headache"

Relief flooded her "I’ll bet you do That was some show you put on at the race today"