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Kyle flicked his eyebrows up and glanced at her. “Look who’s getting upset.”
“Yes, I’m upset. You’re threatening me.”
“I’m hardly threatening you, Julia. I just want to make sure you’re safe.”
“So, do I. If there’s anything wrong, I want you checked out,” Grant said.
Her heart rate soared higher as she heaved a sigh. “You two picked the worst time to agree with each other.”
“Consider it progress,” Kyle said with a grin. “Now, get comfy, because you get to ride in the ambulance again.”
She let her head slump back between her shoulders. Before she could protest, Sierra raced from the hotel, pushing her way through the crowd with James behind her. “Julia? Julia!”
Sierra hurried to her side, throwing her arms around her neck and pulling Julia into a tight embrace. “Thank goodness you’re okay! Someone said my mother tried to throw you off the roof. And we were trapped inside the ballroom on lockdown. They wouldn’t let us out. I kept telling them you were my stepmother, and I had to get to you, but they were completely horrible about it.”
“It’s okay, Sierra. I’m fine.”
Sierra didn’t let go of her, and Julia rubbed her back.
“I’m okay.”
Sierra pulled back from her. “Yeah? Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
“But she’s going to the hospital anyway. She’s got that high heart rate again,” Kyle answered.
Sierra plopped onto the gurney next to her. “What? Is something wrong?”
“No,” Julia said with a shake of her head. “Just precautionary.”
“Well, I’m going to go home and change and meet you there. And I’m staying with you all night, okay?”
“You don’t have to do that,” Julia said with a squeeze of her stepdaughter’s hand.
“I know. But I want to.” She rose from the gurney and kissed Julia’s cheek. “Daddy, I’ll see you at the hospital, okay?”
“Okay, baby,” he said before he kissed her forehead. “I’m going to stay with Julia.”
“Mr. Harrington?” a voice called as Sierra and James threaded through the crowd to seek their limo ride home. “Could I get a statement from you before you leave the scene?”
“Can we do that another time?”
“It’s fine,” Julia said. “I’m fine. And I’m not going anywhere except to the hospital, so go ahead. Get it over with.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’ll stay with her,” Kyle said.
Grant’s eyes shifted between them. Julia gave him a reassuring smile. “I’m fine, go ahead.”
His eyes lingered on her for another moment before he took a few steps away with the officer.
“That was too close of a call, Julia,” Kyle said. “Again.”
She sucked in a breath, the frightening scene flashing through her mind again. “I know. I’m glad it’s over, though. Lydia is behind bars. It’s finally over.”
She stared into space as her mind processed the words. So was her marriage. Everything was over.
