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I caught his hand up in mine and smiled down at him
“Hey,” I breathed “You’re back”
He winked
“Do you think…” He drew in a deep, rattling breath “That if I die, they can put ain?”
My heart shattered into a million tiny pieces
“No, baby,” I said “Your kidney will go to waste I wouldn’t be able to use it…you’ll have to stay alive and use it instead”
There were tears tracking down my cheeks Down his as well
“I’ feels different about this time”
I brought his hand up to rest againstto make it”
He didn’t contradict h
He really didn’t think he was going to make it, and he didn’t want me to have false hope that he would
We arrived at the hospital and Pace’s hand was pulled from mine as he was practically rushed out of the back of the ambulance
I followed at a o and what I should do
I was nearly run over by the other eant Jackson
He was doing much better than my man was
He had his foot wrapped in gauze, and he was laughing with the medics as if this was an everyday occurrence
“Careful there, murderer,” I sneered as he passed “Don’t set a whole lot worse”
Jackson’s face went frolacial
“What was that?” he asked, stiffening
I turned to find another cop and handed hied to acquire “Watch the video on this Find Ford Spurlock for the passcode It explains, in detail, how Sergeant Jackson murdered Pace Vineyard’s sister”
The officer, as older and looked like he knew his way around assholes like Jackson, nodded his head “Yes, ma’am”
But before he took the phone and went searching, he jerked his chin up in the direction of another officer One that I kneell
“Justice,” he called out “Follow ol’ Sergeant Jackson here and et too excited and leave I’ll send a rookie to babysit”
“Yes, Captain Morgan” Justice jerked his head “He won’t get out of ht”
I didn’t wait to see what he had to say because a nurse touched ently on the arm
“Are you Oakley?”
I sed hard “Yes, ma’am”
“Pace is asking for you,” she said “He’s agitated, and we believe he has a bullet in his chest We don’t want hi can’t be given in higher doses because…”