Page 78 of Breathless With Her

I looked down at the readout and picked up.

“Hey, Zoey.”

“I’m on my way to pick you up. We need to go to the hospital. Devin’s been hurt.”

Everything froze inside of me. It was like time stood still. I could actually hear the tick-tock of the clock on the wall. I could hear the building groaning and settling. I heard the wind outside.

I could hear my heartbeat slow. It wasn’t going fast, it wasn’t speeding up as if I were in danger.

No, it was as if everything needed to slow down so I could figure out exactly what Zoey had said.

“Hospital?”

“I don’t know all of it. But he got hit by a car while working.”

My hands shook, and I tried to look around for my purse, my keys, anything.

I needed to change out of my work shoes. I needed to do something.

Oh my God. “He’s alive?” Bile coated my tongue, and my hands shook again.

“He is.”

There was a screech of tires out front, and then Zoey was running into the shop.

“I left the car running, and I’m double-parked. Come on. Get your stuff. I’m getting you to the hospital.”

“He’s okay?”

“I don’t know. He got hit by a car, Erin. Amelia just said I needed to get there.”

I froze.

“Youneeded to get there.”

“Yeah. So, let’s go.”

“His family’s not going to want me there. Devin won’t want me there. Just let me know if he’s okay. I just need him to be okay. He can’t be hurt.”

What was he thinking, getting hit by a car like that?

“It makes no sense. He’s usually so careful.”

“I think there was a dog involved.”

“But he pretends he hates dogs. Why would he do that?”

“I don’t know. We’ll get more answers at the hospital. You’re coming with me.”

“He’s not going to want me there.”

“Well, tough shit. You’re going. See? This is one way you can make amends. You can go there and be by the love of your life’s side while he’s hurting.”

“Okay. But if they don’t want me there?”

“Then fuck them. They’re my friends, too. I love them. But you need to be there. Okay?”

I nodded, knowing she was right, even though I was scared. But fuck this. I had been scared before, and I had hurt Devin. I wasn’t going to hurt him again. No, I was going to fix this thing between us. But first, he needed to be okay.

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