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“We don’t know” Prickett speaks softly “We pulled up to the cabin just as another vehicle was leaving … alked inside and found you lying dead in the foyer Gunner performed CPR while Sarah called 911, and I went after the car By then, it was too late It was gone After we searched the house, we realized she had to have been in the car We figured by the sed away”
Throwing s off the side of ive out I fall but catch myself on the side of the bed
“Ryat …” Gunner runs over to rips my arms to help me stand
I shove hie “I need et it…”
“No”
“Yes I can’t be here” Not while she’s out there Somewhere alone Lost Terrified I should be with her I should be protecting her “My phone …”
“Ryat!” Gunner snaps as Prickett runs out of the room
I yank the IV out of my arm, and blood squirts onto the bed
“Ryat, get back in bed!” Gunner demands
“No I needto me? “It was in my jeans …”
The door bangs open, hitting the interior wall, and Prickett enters with a couple of nurses They don’t even give me the chance to explain
Prickett shoves his elbow intome to bend over the side of the bed when I feel a pop in my hip Then my eyes close with her name on my lips
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“WHAT …?” MY HEAD is foggy once again The light blinding I blink, tilting o to rub my eyes but realize my wrists are restrained to the hospital bed
Sighing, Ime”
“I’m afraid it’s the only option you left them”
Openingnext to the bed
“I need to leave,” I say, feeling ue stick to the roof of my mouth
“You need to recover,” he argues
“Why does everyone keep saying that Blakely …”
“We’ll find her”
I openmy room with two cups of coffee He’s the last person I want to see, but he ht be the only one ant to find her as bad as rowl “If anyone would let oddamn phone”
“I have it” My dad pulls it from his back pocket “After they sedated you, Gunner ran back to the cabin and pulled it frouess when the paramedics arrived, they had to cut them off you It was still in your pocket”
I go to reach for it, but the damn restraints stop rindI don’t want theain