Page 22 of Happily Ever Maybe

“So?”

“He texted his brother. I don’t know what else.”

“Well. At least that’s something.” Kingston let out a deepbreath before sinking into the chair, hands over his face. Daisy began to pace,cursing under her breath.

“Why the hell didn’t he text us? Or let them know?”

A nurse came out at that moment, looking a little harriedand wide-eyed. “Is someone out here named Jennifer? There’s a very large mangrowling and wondering why you aren’t by his bedside.” She rolled her eyes asrelief flooded my body.

“Is his name Gus?”

“I think that was thrown about in the growling.”

“Is he okay?” I blurted as Daisy and Kingston came to mysides.

“He can answer that for himself. Come on down. I’ll showyou.” She looked at the other two behind me. “I’m sorry, he already has onevisitor. You’ll have to take turns.”

“Just keep us updated,” Daisy ordered, and I nodded. “Andget checked out yourself.”

The nurse gave me a knowing look. “You’re covered in dirtand blood. I assume that’s not yours?”

“It’s from the big man who’s currently growling.”

“That makes sense. Though you should change.”

“I’ll get you some clothes,” Daisy said, pulling out herphone.

“We have some scrubs for you, too, just in case. It’s notsafe to be walking around looking like that.”

I nodded, my heart racing. “Let me just see him first, andthen I’ll get cleaned up. Promise.”

The nurse gave me a dubious look, and I followed her to theback. I saw Sawyer standing outside a room, and my knees shook.

“He’s okay?”

“He’s waiting for you. He’s fine. Apparently, he couldn’tfind his phone, and when he did, he could only get one text out, to the personhe texted last, before it died. Crushed, apparently. Give him a break, okay?”

I narrowed my gaze, anger at the situation warring with allthe other emotions running through me. I hoped it wasn’t pregnancy hormonesthis early. But wow, I needed to hit something.

“I’ll figure it out,” I grumbled as I moved through thedoor.

Gus lay there, slightly bruised, a bandage on his shoulder,and a small smile on his face.

“Hey there, babe. Good to know you’re okay.”

“You asshole. I can’t believe yousacrificed yourself for me.”

Gus’s eyes widened. “But you’re fine, right? Did you getchecked out?”

There was a slight ringing in my ears, and my pulseincreased. I could hear my heartbeat in my head, but I swallowed and steppedforward.

“I’m fine. Of course, I’m fine. Because nothing hurt me. Youtook the whole of it. Rather than doing what we trained for.”

Gus narrowed his gaze. “I did what I was trained to do. Iprotected both of us.”

“Yet you got hurt.”

“But you didn’t.”