Chapter 27 - Waiting

Jordan’s P.O.V.

I don’t know how long Dakota and I are sitting on the floor when one of Todd’s men helps me to my feet and leads me to a chair in the waiting room. I feel like I can’t breathe. I can’t believe Anushka was shot. I replay everything in my head to see if there was anything I could have done differently. The one thing that sticks in my mind is that I should have contacted Todd sooner. I just never expected all of this to happen. We’re not in a movie or characters in a book. We’re real people. This stuff doesn’t happen to real people.

“When is Mommy going to be done with the doctor?” Dakota asks. I swear if I didn’t have this little girl to think about I would have already broken completely.

“I don’t know sweetheart. Hopefully, they come out and tell us something soon. Are you hungry?” I smooth her hair away from her face. She looks so much like her mom that it makes my heart ache even more.

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