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“She has a pulse and she’s breathing. Her?” I motion to Kate.

“I can’t find a pulse.”

“What the fuck happened?” Otto asks, and I glance over at him, he looks pale and ready to pass out.

“I don’t know.” I turn to look over my shoulder when I see movement in the doorway, and spot a police officer and a woman not much older than Hanna wearing a paramedics uniform walking into the house with a man dressed exactly the same.

“Over here.” My hands shake. “My fiancée isn’t waking up,” I tell her, and she walks in my direction while the officer and the other EMT go over to Kate.

“Let me have a look at her,” she says, and I stand, my legs feeling like Jell-O. She moves to where I was and squats next to Hanna.

“She’s pregnant,” I inform her as she puts her fingers on Hanna’s neck, then she looks over at the two men, and the policeman shakes his head.

“We need to get her on a stretcher,” she tells the other EMT, and he disappears out the door.

“Do you know what happened here?” the officer asks, and I glance over at Kate, and quickly look away.

“I have no idea.” I scrub my fingers through my hair as I try to talk myself down from flipping the fuck out. “She was coming over here to pick up a box from the woman on the stairs. I didn’t want her coming by herself, so I came to meet her. No one was answering the door when I arrived, so my friends and I broke it down.”

His head jerks back. I don’t bother trying to justify my actions. It’s obvious I didn’t overreact.

“When we got in, we found Kate and my fiancée where they were when you first saw them.” I swallow as Hanna is carefully placed on a stretcher. I know I should be happy she’s alive, but I need her to wake the fuck up already. Why isn’t she waking up?

“Mum?” That one word shouted into the room has everyone turning toward the door, and my gut twists when I see Josh. “What happened?” He looks around.

“Sir.” another police officer steps into the house.

“What happened to my mum?” He attempts to get farther into the house, but the officer blocks him.

“Come with me outside, sir.” He begins to urge Josh out the door.

“She killed her!” he shouts, pointing at Hanna, and I take a step toward him, my muscles bunching at the accusation, but Otto steps in front of me.

“How did you get down here, when I saw you in the window upstairs?” Otto asks, and my back goes straight. What the fuck?

“She killed Nan, and now she’s killed my mum!” Josh yells, ignoring Otto’s claim.

“Sir, I need you to come outside with me,” the officer repeats as the EMTs raise the stretcher Hanna is now belted to.

“We need to take her out,” the female paramedic says, and both Ham and Otto move to the door, where the policeman is still trying to get Josh down the steps. They both help block him so the EMTs can get Hanna outside.

I don’t give them a choice about me going with them. I don’t even bother asking if it’s okay. I follow them to the ambulance parked on the street and get in the back, taking a seat on the bench. When the doors close, blocking out the sound of Josh still shouting, I take Hanna’s hand and lean over her.

“Baby, I need you to wake the fuck up already,” I whisper against her ear.

She doesn’t listen. She never fucking listens, and I’m forced to let go of her hand a moment later so an IV can be started.

CHAPTER26

hanna

Waking to the sound of an annoying beeping noise, I try to force my eyes open, but they feel heavy. Actually, my whole body feels heavy. I open my mouth to tell Walker to shut off whatever that sound is, but nothing comes out. Starting to panic, I fight against the weight and force my eyes open.

“Shit,” Walker mutters, then his face is over mine, and I can barely make him out in the dim light. “Hanna, baby.” He rests his hand on my forehead, and I draw in a breath. “You’re okay.”

“Where…?” I try to clear my dry throat as I look around. “Where am I?”

“At the hospital.” He rests his forehead against mine. “I’ve been waiting forever for you to wake the fuck up.”

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