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“Yep.”
“Good.”
“Now what?”
“I want you to see if she’s bleeding anywhere like Justin was. If it’s blood that’s just coming from a wound, it’s okay. If it’s pumping or spurting out, that’s not good. That’s what you need to look for.”
“Got it.”
“Lex? Don’t move her. Protect her head, neck, and spine, okay?”
“Okay.”
I ran my hands along her body as best I could without moving her, but I didn’t see any major blood gushing from anywhere.
“Pearce, I think she’s okay. Her leg doesn’t look good though. It looks sort of deformed or something.”
It was lying at an awkward angle that wasn’t normal.
“Agree and I saw that. Lex, you’re doing great, honey.”
“When is that fucking ambulance gonna get here?” I asked, frustrated.
“Soon.”
I held Terri’s hand and squeezed it. I felt tears flowing down my face but wasn’t going to stop for anything.
“Pearce, do you think they’re gonna make it?”
“Babe, this is the golden hour. When critical injuries occur, the first sixty minutes are the most important. You assess and treat the most life-threatening and go from there. That’s what we’re doing.”
“What if we’re missing something?”
“I don’t think we are.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yep. Come over here.”
I ran around the car to him, and he told me to go to the car to make sure the emergency flashers were on. I did and they were. When I was up there, I thought I heard sirens in the distance. I ran back down, and he was still sitting there with his fingers in Justin.
“I think I hear them.”
We just stared at each other in the dim lighting of the wrecked Range Rover. I wanted to wake up from this horrible dream and run my hands through Pearce’s hair and for once be the one to tell him it was going to be fine, and this was all just a horrible nightmare. I found it impossible to tear my eyes away from his and knew in that instant that living without him wasn’t an option.
I blurted out before I lost the nerve, “I’ll marry you, Pearce. You name the day and time and I’ll be there waiting for you. I’ll be there till the end.”
The ambulances finally arrived, and the area swarmed with medics. They shoved me away and I returned to Pearce’s car. I knew I’d have to drive because he’d be riding in the ambulance with Justin. I didn’t think he’d move his hands until they got Justin in the trauma center and then of course Pearce wouldn’t be able to operate because he was a family member.
It all hit me then and I got sick, violently sick. I started shaking from my fingertips to the tips of my toes. The tears poured down my face and I couldn’t seem to get a grip on my emotions. I was breaking down and shivering form the cold. I grabbed one of the beach towels and wrapped it around me, not even noticing it was covered in blood.
It took me a few minutes before I felt an arm around me. I was still shivering so badly I didn’t know what to do with myself.
“Alexia, it’s me, Henry. We got a call from the hospital. Honey, you’re in shock.”
I put my arms around him and just cried. I tried to tell him what happened, but it all came out sounding like Greek.
He tried to calm me down, but I was so upset by the enormity of what had taken place, I was inconsolable.
