Page 135 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
"That son of a bitch." James grabbed the edge of the bed and slowly stood up.
"James, you need to sit down. Your stomach is bleeding." There was a blood stain on the front of his hospital gown.
He looked down at the blood.
"Something must be wrong with your stitches. You have to sit down."
James tried to walk past me but I grabbed his arm.
"James, please just sit down. I'll go get someone."
The door burst open and Briggs rushed in holding a gun. He was completely out of breath.
My heart was filled with fear. Because the gun was pointed directly at me.
"Jesus Christ," he said and kept his gun pointed at me.
James stepped in front of me.
"Get down!" Briggs yelled.
"Briggs, you don't have to do this," James said.
"I said get down!"
The room echoed with the burst of his gun.
I screamed and pulled James down behind the side of the bed. I heard glass shatter behind us. I turned my head. I'm pretty sure James saw it the same time that I did because he tried to push me behind him again. Isabella was standing in front of the broken window with the gun in her hand.
"Drop it!" Briggs shouted. "Now!"
She smiled and lifted the gun toward me and James.
Another shot echoed in the room and hit Isabella right in the chest. A third shot hit her in almost the same spot. The gun fellfrom her hand. She stumbled backwards and crashed through the broken window.
We heard people screaming outside and a sickening crunching noise.
"Are you both okay?" Briggs said. He knelt down next to us. He put his hand on my shoulder.
"Thank you," James said and clasped his hand.
"I'm so sorry, I..."
"It's okay. I understand. I'd do anything for my wife and baby too."
"Baby?" Briggs turned his head to me and smiled. "You're pregnant?"
I nodded. None of this news was happening the way that I had planned.
"Congratulations," he said with a big smile.
I couldn't think about this right now. I tried to run through everything Isabella had said to me in my mind. "Officer Daugherty was working with her," I said. "And possibly the nurse. I'm not sure she knew what she was doing. Find Detective Lee."
"I already called it in when I was hightailing it back here after checking to make sure my family was okay. Detective Lee is on his way. And..."
"You piece of shit!" Porter yelled as he came running into the room. He grabbed Briggs by the collar of his shirt and pushed him onto his side. He landed a hard punch across Briggs' jaw. "I trusted you!" Porter yelled as he landed another punch.
"Cole! Stop!" I tried to stand up, but James put his hand on my shoulder.
