Page 81 of Breathless With Her

The doctor nodded. “Your brother’s a lucky man.”

“He got hit by a car. How lucky can he be?” Amelia snapped.

“Babe,” Tobey whispered.

“Sorry.”

“No, you’re right. I should have used a better word. He’s going to be fine. He has a broken tibia and fibula on his left leg. But it was a clean break, so it should heal nicely. He’s going to need some physical therapy for that eventually. He also lost his spleen from where he hit the pavement. That one’s going to take a little bit longer to heal, but we were able to go in laparoscopically, so he should be on the mend soon. He’s going to be in a boot for a while and will need to use a walker since he can’t use crutches with the incisions. And then, after that, he can move to crutches. It all depends on how he heals and how much of himself he puts into it. But Mr. Carr is in good shape, physically fit. As long as he does what we ask him to do, he’ll be fine. Now, who wants to see him first?”

The others started talking, and I backed away from Tucker’s hold to sit down, my knees weak.

And that’s when I let the tears come.

Devin was okay. He was going to be okay.

Why then did it feel like I was dying inside?

The tears came, and Tucker took the seat next to me, putting his arm around my shoulders as I cried into his neatly pressed shirt.

Devin was going to make it.

But I wasn’t sure I would.

Chapter 18

Devin

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Daytwo of staying in the hospital meant I knew I was a cranky asshole. But fuck it. I’d just had surgery, my leg was in a boot-cast thingy, and Miss Mahan had already been there with the damn dog to make sure I was okay. She’d been kicked out quickly for sneaking Pippy inside the hospital, but still.

I’d seen the dog I’d risked my life for, but I hadn’t seen Erin.

Served me right for walking away like I had before and not trying. She’d been scared, and I’d pushed her away.

But, damn it, getting hit by a car should have brought her to me. Right?

Maybe she truly didn’t want me. Well, hell, that sucked, didn’t it? I guess it was well and truly over.

Good riddance.

“You’re growling,” Amelia said by my side, finally alone after Tobey had left to go clean up for work.

“Sorry.” I mumbled out the word, and she just gave me a look.

Dimitri, Thea, Caleb, and Amelia were now in my room, staring at me.

Tucker had been in and out, so had Tobey. Zoey came as well with flower arrangements.

And yet, I still didn’t see Erin.

“So, never do that again,” Dimitri said after he’d cleared his throat.

I raised my brow. “Okay, I’ll try not to let someone hit me with a car again,” I growled out.

“Good,” Dimitri barked.

This time, it was Caleb who laughed. “You know, I’m usually the grumpy asshole. Kind of looks like it’s Dimitri this time. Also, how did all of us get back here? I thought they had a limit on how many people they let in a room at a time,” Caleb asked, kind of looking around.

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