Chapter 72: JACE

Both of our families beat me to the hospital, not to mention the cops. Everyone was talking at once. But I ignored all of them as I made my way through the emergency room. Looking for a bed or a stretcher or just anything to lay her on.

She hadn't awakened yet and her breathing seemed even shallower than when I'd found her. A doctor and his team soon came running and she was snatched from my arms.

I had to give the cops an account of what happened and knew from their looks of suspicion that they found the story preposterous at best.

I can't say that I blame them. The damn dog had done what none of us could. I wasn't too worried about their suspicions. If there's one thing I was sure of it was that everybody knew my whereabouts that night.

When they were through with their questions and her parents had given me their thanks, I was left alone with my thoughts. I asked dad to do me a favor, which he was only happy to. And then I went back to pacing back and forth, as our friends tric