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“The doctor hates me,” she muttered
Did she realize that Zach was here?
“The doctor doesn’t hate you,” I told her, waiting for Zach to reply, but the reply never came
He was looking at the wound that I hadn’t realized I’d let up on until then
I could see straight into her shoulder
The wound was ugly, and I could see bone, as well as torn s that one shouldn’t fuckin’ see on a beautiful woman
“Nicked her axillary artery,” Zach ht’ve saved her life”
My hands were stained with blood up to my elbow My jeans were covered in it, too
My shirt Hell, I even had it onthere on my cheek
“I have some shit in Crockett’s closet,” he rab…”
I didn’t need hiiven h experience that I could handle trauma
Co back with all the supplies, I found Catori completely topless except for a bra that had also been half cut off The only thing holding it on at this point was a so eventually
But I could tell that Zach was trying to maintain her privacy while he could
When or if he needed the access, it would be gone
“Can you start the IV?” he asked as he started looking through his bag
I did what he asked, starting the IV in her other ar it from the towel rack next to the sink, then waited for my next instructions
The next tento anticipate what he would want or need, and Zach working away at the wound and doing what he could to stop the bleeding and keep fluid going into her
“Hang another bag and get more fluid into her,” he ordered
So that hat I did, all the while hoping that she would wake up But she never did
It was a long twenty minutes, but eventually Zach sat back on his heels and stared at her arm
“It’s going to have to do until we can get her…” Zach trailed off as an authoritative voice yelled, “Zach? Laric?”
I got up and went to the hallway, finding Tatu in the hallith a couple of medics behind him
“Gonna need a gurney,” I told the two of theet, but she’s low on blood, needs a surgeon to re on by a thread”
One of the men turned around and left, the other pushed past Tatum and headed toward me
I gestured the them room to work