ke up. The hospital room was sterile

e standing by the door. "She was incredibly

ossed. "I don't need you to save me," he said, his v

couldn't break any furth

licated. He sent the nurse

it?" he asked,

dry rasp. It was the truth. A s

weeks, when I was scheduled to leave for the moun

he hospital, a looming presence in the corner of my room. He learned how to c

amond necklace. It was the first gift he had ever given m

oorway, her eyes narrowed with a j

am and Ethan had gon

hissed, her sweet facade gone. "You think y

The pain in my back was excruciating. I cried out, but she just tightene

er seen before. She threw me into the pass

he garage, driving with a terrifying reckles

the roar of the engine. "Ethan is mi

celerator. I saw the tree co

ening crash

ell of gasoline heavy in the air. I could hear

t! She's hurt

tt!" Ethan cried.

s pulled Scarlett's limp b

flames from the engine. T

cuer wrenched my door open and pulled me out. S

al corridor, a blur of pain and confu

n immediate transfusion. Your wife, Ava, is the same blood type,

and sharp. It cut through the f