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In the distance, I heard sirens I heardat me to stop as she ran out to the road for safety I heard it all I just didn’t give a fuck
Seeing this part oflike the hell it was, cleansedWith each flame, each flicker, every crackle frohtmares, I was freed
Bray
"YOU HEAR FROM Scarlet’s boss?" Brent asked me
I shook my head as I stood with my hands buried in the front pockets of ery for over six hours now All we kneas there had been no internal bleeding Ethel hadn’t responded about Scarlet and when I called again, the woet a complete sentence out She’d simply said "We’re busy"
"Lunch hour just ended She was probably busy Must not have been an eency Give it a few I’ to co ball of nerves
Scarlet wasn’t answering her phone My brother was in surgery fighting for his life because of a fucking wildI told him to stay off of and I couldn’t be at two places at once How did I leave here until I kne Dallas was? I didn’t know if anything rong with Scarlet She hadn’t replied or called Hell, she could be angry I ran off None of those things warrantedfor word on Dallas
"Yeah," I finally muttered I didn’t believe that Ethel should have called by now There was so me
We stood in silence I watched as Steel paced over by theI had stood at earlier Mo in silent prayer Asher stood off in a corner talking to Dixie in a whisper Her eyes were bloodshot fro
I tookNot a text Not a call Nothing
I bit back the curse I wanted to yell in frustration I needed to know Scarlet was safe I should have fucking cal That note wasn’t enough I’d been so daht being I had to see him I didn’t want to losehim one more time To say the shit, I should have said to hi rooht to controlelse mattered at the , aited Prayed Stopped breathing Anything to save Dallas The next words spoken we kneould be the most powerful we had heard since our father was killed
"He cah We all reoing to live? Did that mean he was still in critical condition? We needed more details
"Dallas has suffered a fractured skull It’s not the worst I’ve seen but it’s not anything to brush off either He is in a medically-induced coma and will be for a few hours up to a couple of days The brain is adjusting Healing He won’t, however, stay like this"