Page 50 of Trading In A Broken Heart

Rage crawled underneath my skin. I squeezed her hand.

Ghost climbed into the ambulance doorway. His expression told me everything I needed to know without asking questions. The driver of that truck that hit her was still alive.

“What we know?”

His face hardened. “Truck crossed two lanes.”

“Accident?”

“We don’t know yet.”

That wasn’t the answer I was looking for. My stare darkened. Ghost understood immediately.

“I already got teams pulling traffic cameras.”

“Good.”

The ambulance doors started closing. I looked over at Solei. This woman had turned my life upside down. I was never supposed to fall for her, but somehow, she clawed her way into my heart.

My thumb brushed against her knuckles. For the first time, I allowed myself to think the words. The thing I spent months refusing to acknowledge. If she died, . . . I would rip this whole fucking city apart, looking for someone to blame.

* * *

The ambulance arrived at the hospital. Half of Blackveil was already in and outside of it. They removed Solei’s gurney and rolled her into the hospital.

“Sir, you’ll have to go out there to the waiting room,” one of the nurses said, but I kept walking. “Sir.” I kept ignoring her because she was crazy as hell if she thought I was about to wait out there. “Sir, family isn’t allowed beyond this point.”

She jumped in front of me, and that was when I finally looked at her ass. “Move.” She froze, staring at me. Another nurse approached.

“What’s going on?”

“Y’all not about to stop me from going back there to see my wife.”

“Sir, I understand that you’re concerned, but we need space to work.”

My eyes bounced to Solei disappearing behind some doors.

“You have thirty seconds to tell me who her doctor is.”

Both nurses stared at each other before one of them said, “Sir, hospital policy⁠—”

“Do it look like I give a fuck about policy?”

The other nurse said, “Sir, you’re going to have to leave.”

I took one step forward, and the nurse’s eyes widened. “She’s unconscious.” I took another step. “She’s bleeding.” Then another. “And you’re telling me to leave.”

I could see security approaching from behind them.

Ghost jumped in between us. These people didn’t have any idea who the fuck they were talking to.

“Boss.”

My eyes stayed on the nurses. “No.”

Ghost sighed. Even he should’ve known better.

The nurse tried again. “Sir⁠—”