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Forrest’s nod was almost ion, as staring at his son helplessly, his hands outstretched but frozen, like he wasn’t sure where it was safe to touch “Help me turn him to his back”
All of my attention was on Cecilia as she started to stir, eventually opening her eyes When she saw my face close to hers, she jerked and then moaned in pain
“It’s okay, baby,” I said, brushing her hair back from her face “Where does it hurt?”
“My back,” she croaked, tears leaking from her eyes
“She bleeding?” Lu asked as she ran toward us “I think she was hit”
“You saw it?” Casper asked as he helped roaned in pain
“Saw the piece of shit ai to a stop on her knees beside ot off my shot before he did”
“Is that what that was?” Cecilia asked breathlessly “Huh”
“I need to feed Olive,” Cecilia said, cutting into theIt was covered in Leo’s blood “And then we need to get to the hospital”
I followed her back to the bedroo with Olive on a blanket spread out on the floor, cooing and playing with the baby’s feet
“Hey,” Charlie greeted, leaning up on her elbow “You’re okay?”
“I’irls “Thanks for keeping an eye on her”
“No proble her sister closely “Mo with Olive on the floor until you caet her” Charlie rolled her eyes “I think she orried I’d drop her or soh, ’cause she was poopy It was yellow, FYI”
Cecilia sood job, kid,” she told her “Once Olive’s a little older, you can watch her for real I’ll even pay you”
“Sweet,” Charlie said, grinning Her expression slowly fell “Is Leo okay?”
Cecilia didn’t reply as she picked Olive up She shifted her clothes a little and started nursing the baby before she looked back up at Charlie “I’m not sure,” she said softly “He was in pretty bad shape, but he was breathing”
“What happened?” Charlie asked hoarsely
Cecilia glanced at me helplessly
“He wrecked his bike,” I answered for her, sitting down on the edge of the bed It wasn’t exactly a lie—but it wasn’t the whole truth, either We’d found Leo’s bike less than half a one doith it, but ere all pretty sure that he hadn’t been responsible for the crash