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“Walker has to fly You need to keep Groves stable…Press his dressing, change his bandages, watch his IV” The entire time he spoke, he did not look at her

“Harris—”

He shook his head “You have to leave”

Riley bit at her lip She did Adam was in this shape because of her She needed to see this through She wanted to say so to Harris but he sure didn’t look like he was in a ht a real mess to his mountain—more chaos to his life

“He will need you If he makes it It will be a week before he can even sit up”

“If?”

He nodded as heinto the IV “A surgeon or surgeons are going to have a helluva ti this bullet out It hit very close to his heart”

Riley trembled

“Okay, bundle hi him,” Walker’s voice came over the com on the control panel

“Okay Ridge, do you kno to check for a pulse?”

She nodded “Yes and standard CPR But—”

“Good,” he cut her off and then went to a wall pressing another button It slid out with shelves full of blankets, sheets and linens He bundled Adaurney

“Wow A full triage unit,” she noted

“Yes, ere always prepared” He set theand pads around the blankets

Riley watched how very gentle Harris was being There were sides to this man she never kneas there She intended to explore all of those in the future She opened her mouth to tell him she would be back

“Coh the control panel

Walking back over to the srabbed a soes into cardiac arrest and CPR presses don’t work Shoot this into his IV”

Riley felt really scared now “Y-you think his heart will stop?”

Shrugging, he tucked that in and swung the gurney around through the door “Anything can happen”

Riley followed hie chasm had just opened up between them He wouldn’t even make eye contact with her His expression re to fix Adam up, but—

They made it outside Riley finally snapped to it when the cold hit her face and quickly grabbed the IV bag walking alongside the gurney

They got to the copter and Harris got in tugging it over