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"I’ll be right back," she calls, waving him off

"Okay, babe Just hurry, please," he says with desperation "You okay, pretty girl?" he asksin there," he adds before disappearing back into the waiting roo hiroup needs him I just don’t kno they would make it if they lost hiht intake of breath

"Oh, Jaxon" she whispers with deep sadness

"He looks perfectly fine, like he’s just napping," I tell her The nurse squeezes past us and I try to stop her before she leaves "Excuse me, when can they see hiine how painful this is for his faloves and cleans her hands with the sanitizer that’s mounted outside of his door "Welltechnically I’uess I can do that with the"

"Thank you, we really appreciate it," I say with a smile

"Thanks" Quinn squeezes my arm "He’ll realize what he just did He needs you here" She points with her thumb back toward the roo to talk about the way Jace just delivered my shattered heart back to me on a silver platter

"When do you plan on telling Cole he’s going to be a daddy?" I ask, rubbing her stohs and replacesto do it tonight after ent to bed, but I can’t do it now Hopefully this guy," she points at Jaxon, "plans on waking up soon so I can tell everyone"

"Understandable Just know that I’ to be wonderful parents"

"Don’t talk like that, Audrey You’re speaking as if we aren’t going to see each other again You aren’t going anywhere You two aren’t done," she states adaoing to happen any Now the wind has been taken out my sails and my feet have been knocked out fro in pain, but this was a side of Jace I’ve never seen before And I hate that at the first sign of distress, he shoved me away I squeeze Quinn’s hand with a sad s left to be said Now all I can do is hope Jaxonarea to try and beat the tears that are threatening to coo home When I hit the double doors, I stu farther away fro I know he’s in pain All I want to do is hold his hand and that’s the last thing he wants from me I can hardly breathe by the ti the doors When he finally spots es toward me and catches asps "Nonois it Jaxon?"

"No, yes No He’s alive I just need to get out of here," I blurt out

"I need you to tellfirst, love"

"Jace doesn’t want me here"

His voice flattens and in a deadly calo home, Lane"

He wraps his arm around my shoulders and half leads, half carriesdoors, I hear hi to kill that asshole"

JACE -

When Quinn leaves the room shortly after Audrey, no one speaks to ive a fk because all I can think about right now is et up to co to any of us though, not unless it’s about Jax

I begin to pace the roo, cream-colored roo? It really is a prison, except they know you won’t leave so bars aren’t necessary The door finally opens and all three of us i in When it’s only Quinn, Em and I let out a deflated breath

Cole rushes over to her and she squeezes hihtly, kisses his cheek, and then pushes off of him

"Audrey convinced the nurse to let us in to see hi her way back to the door

"Oh, thank God I knew I loved that girl" Em quickly rushes out into the hallway

"Is she still out there?" I ask At this point, I don’t know if I’ because I don’t want to see her or because I hope she didn’t really leave

Quinn rolls her eyes and pushes by me "Don’t worry, she followed your orders" Ouch I shadow behind and with every step, my heart beats louder in my chest What will he look like? I’ve never seen someone in a coma before Will he look like he’s hurt or sick? I’ ht there next to hiht I’ve been waiting for our freaky twin vibe to kick in Givethat letsI feel like I’ve lost hi a twin I never wanted this

Two doors away froe, noisy roo They all sound far away, as if I a unconscious at the other end Em holds his hand and drapes herself across him with her head on his chest He would like that He would want her next to his a chair, pulls Quinn onto his lap, and they both stare at hi the saive up everything I have, if you’ll just wake up

Myher suitcase and bags Shit, I should have gone and gotten her She didn’t need to lug all of her stuff around But I don’t even knohere ot towed from the hospital entrance And Jaxon’s truckis still at the stadium, where he left it Fuck, I hate this shit

"Oh, my poor baby," mom cries from the doorway

She rushes to Jaxon’s bedside, across fro Em on the back Moer one, but she es to squeeze as much of herself around him as possible Not exactly easy since Em still hasn’ther speak to him quietly, but I haven’t been able to decipher what she’s saying

This can’t be good for her though Eet close to her in the first place was due to the fact that she was afraid of the Just another reason Jaxon has tobehind too eable pieces