I was so pissed with myself for not looking into the couple before now. Sure, I was busy with other things, but that was no excuse for letting my guard down. I should have made sure they were who they said they were from the very start! Kyle and I parted ways with April for the time being. He was going to drop me off at the house and then he was going to try to locate the couple who actually adopted Emma’s daughter.I was restless sitting at home. I decided to head back to the hospital. With everything that had been going on I completely forgot to tell Shane what we found out about Emma’s condition. He deserved to know more than any of us did. Once back at central union I first went to check on Emma. Nothing had changed as of yet, but I was hoping now that the doctor knew it was in fact not an aneurysm, they would find a way to cure her, and she would awaken. Dr. Marsh had placed a security guard outside her room who would be there constantly to stop anyone from coming in. That was fo
The nurse instructed me to grab the two towels hanging on the towel rack. She then had me put one under Shane’s head. “Okay I am going to remove the scalpel, once I do you need to use the remaining towel and put pressure on the wound immediately!”I frantically shook my head. “Are you crazy? You can not take that out he will bleed to death!” The nurse rolled her eyes at me. “Do not worry I know what I am doing okay get ready.”I wanted to slap myself. In my panic I forgot she was a trained professional. The nurse counted down to one then pulled out the scalpel. Blood started squirting out of Shane’s neck. I quickly pushed the towel on top of the wound making sure not to cut off his airway. I was trying not to pass out from the sight of the blood.To my horror the nurse said, “Do not stop applying pressure. I need to go get Dr. Marsh. If he wakes up at all do not let him get up. And try to make sure he does not talk either!” Just like that she flew out of the room. I was completely fre
When I woke, I was in a hospital bed and in a daze. It took me a few beats to remember what happened. I looked around the room and saw tony standing there staring out the window.“Tony?” He swiftly turned and came over to me. He grabbed my hand entangling his fingers with mine. He gave me a fuzzy feeling deep in the pit of my stomach. “Oh, thank God you are okay Tash. I am so sorry I was not quick enough to stop that man from hitting you. I subdued him and called Kyle. He sent someone posing as a cop to get him. He took him to the shed behind the cabin.”Tash? No one had ever called me that. I actually really liked the way it sounded on his lips. I squeezed his hand and said, “This is not your fault Tony. You kept me safe from a further assault from him. Where is Dr. Marsh? And did he tell you how Shane is doing?”Tony explained to me that the doctor went home for the evening, but he will be back first thing in the morning to discharge me. He said Shane was okay and he also already le
Dr. Marsh came over to me to try and examine the back of my head and I waved him off. “Doc where is nurse Heidi right now?” Surprised by my tone Dr Marsh said, “She should be out doing her rounds why what is it?” Tony understood immediately and swiftly left the room without the doctor even noticing. “She is the only one who has consistently been in both rooms. Yesterday when you mention there was surveillance from Emma’s room, she looked worried. Now I think I understand why. Is nurse Heidi one of Emma’s nurses?” Dr. Marsh’s eyes grew wide. “I had not even realized that. No, she is not she would not have any reason to be in Miss Whites room at all!” Forgetting I was the patient, and he was the doctor he ordered me to go out to reception and have them page nurse Heidi for him. I did as he said. Though the nurse at the reception area thought it strange, she did as I asked. It must have been the crazed look I had in my eyes. I went back to my hospital room and informed Dr. Marsh I was g
I did not even hesitate for one second and I took off like a bull running straight for Emma’s room. I was ecstatic that the closest person to a sister I had was awake and things were going to get better finally. I rounded the corner and went straight into her room. I had not even realized that Tony was right behind me until I laid eyes on Emma, and he said, “I am so sorry Tash. It seems someone lied to us.”The happiness I was feeling shattered into a million pieces. At first all I wanted to do was cry out in agony, but those feelings quickly turned to pure anger. Dr. Marsh walked briskly into the room and over to Emma. As he was checking her monitors, he turned to us with a confused expression on his face. “I do not understand why they told me she woke up when we can clearly see that is not the case.”“Shit. It is a distraction. It had to be nurse Heidi. She needed us here for some reason, but why?” I said in frustration. Understanding colored Tony’s face. “So, she could leave the ho
I could not fathom why Tanner would attack me. I know the news he learned about his wife was unsettling, but hadn’t he heard the expression do not shoot the messenger. He stared at me with true terror on his face. It was like he was asking himself what he got himself involved in. his eyes kept darting between Tony, Kyle and I but they always wound up right back on Kyle. I could tell he was extremely weary of him out of the three of us. He was wrong though; I was the one he had to worry about. No one tries to attempt to kill me without paying the price. “I am only going to ask you this once Tanner, and you better tell me the truth. I am one who is going to decide what we do with you, so I suggest you do not lie. Why the hell did you attack me, and did Ruby send you to do it?” I said in a way to show I was the boss around here. He gulped loudly before saying, “Please do not call her that her name is Sabrina. No, she did not send me. After you left my office, I rushed out and followed y
Tanner was visually devastated. He really did think we were lying to him about his wife. I felt bad for him but at the same time this bastard did smash me in the back of the head, so my sympathy only went so far. “Why would she do this? I cannot believe you were not lying to me after all. I married a monster, didn’t I?” Tanner began sobbing I turned my back trying to give him a bit of privacy. “Oh my God my children! What if she is on some rampage and she winds up going home and hurting them?” Tanner cried out. I tried reassuring him. “I highly doubt that very much, she seems to only attack people who do not do what she wants. I do not know why she came back here to burn down the cabin, she must not know we are no longer staying here. Look I will give you a pass this time but if you ever come after me like that again one of the many men around me will kill you do you understand?” Tanner did not chance saying a word and just nodded enthusiastically. I cut the rope that bound him with
What was Ruby’s obsession with kidnapping and causing fires. Like seriously she could be a little more creative. I looked at nurse Heidi with skepticism in my eyes. “If Ruby did in fact kidnap your son why not to the police or find someone to help you?” She gave me a confused expression. “I have no idea who that is. The woman who took my child, her name is Sabrina Baxter. I did not go to the cops because she said she would kill my boy.”I could understand why she was scared, and that was with not actually knowing who she was dealing with. “Ruby is Sabrina’s real name. She has been using a false alias for years and I recently found out about it. Look, I will help you get your son back, but after you will need to go to the police and tell them everything. Deal?” nurse Heidi stared at me with a glimmer of hope in her eyes. “If you can save him, I will do anything you want. I will be indebted to you for life.”I was going to get more information from her but then my phone rang. It was Moa