Page 215 of Obsession

I breathed in through my teeth and pressed my palms to my head, where they filled with blood.

“It’s just a cut, don’t freak out.” He reassured me with his gentle voice.

I wasn’t scared, I was completely terrified, but not because of the cut on my temple.

I remembered my phone, but it was trapped in the car, which hadn’t exploded, but I didn’t feel capable of going back for it. Adam got his out and called 911 just before he lost consciousness again.

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I felt incredibly cold.

The hospital corridor seemed colder than any refrigerator, but at least the strong smell of disinfectant and the painkillers I was given had managed to keep me sane.

Despite the dizziness and pain, I was fine. A shard of glass had cut my temple, but it was nothing that needed stitches or an overnight stay. My arms and legs were covered in cuts, but most of them were superficial. My palms were burning the most now. The pills they’d given me had eased the dizziness.

Adam was still in surgery. His cut was much deeper and needed stitches. He had been on the verge of tearing his chest apart.

I had no idea where the bullet had lodged, but I was grateful to all the angels because it hadn’t lodged in one of us.

Harris stormed through the doors of the hospital, his face even crazier with fear than before.

He called my name, sprinted towards me and slumped to his knees in front of the chair I was sitting in.

“Baby…” his words were lost in fear as he tenderly touched my bandages.

I had cleaned myself up in the bathroom, but I was still soiled with blood and mud. I was wearing the same dress as this morning and my hair was wet from washing the blood off in a sink.

The torment in his eyes was clear to see. I had managed to call him after getting my phone out of the car, which hadn’t exploded.

I stood up and took his hands in mine so he could stand up, too.

“I’m fine, just a few scratches.”

He still couldn’t speak, so he just held me.

After the nightmare I had just experienced, I breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down in his arms.

It had happened because of him. I knew that better than anything. Whoever was stalking me was doing it because of him, but I didn’t have the strength to push him away, to let him go, not when I was so weakened and scared, and he was the only person in the world who had ever managed to make the pain go away with a single touch.

Before we could say anything else to each other, I saw Shane come in too. I remembered where Harris had been, but he was here now, and that was all that mattered.

“I have never met anyone who attracts as much trouble as you do.”

I was probably mentally exhausted, because Shane actually made me smile. I closed my eyes and leaned my head against Harris’ chest as he hugged me tighter, wrapping me in a vine of warmth and protection.

“I took care of it on my end, it was a simple accident and everything is in Adam’s name. I also made sure no one called your father.”

I thanked him, grateful. I’d asked him that after I’d spoken to Harris. The police couldn’t help us now because we hadn’t seen anything. No face, just a hand out of a slightly open window, then all hell broke loose.

I massaged my temples again and turned to Harris.

“It was the car I told you about when you picked me up from the supermarket.”

He frowned in shock.

“The same car?”

I nodded.

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