Heartland by Tricia Andersen

Author:Tricia Andersen [Andersen, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Publisher: The Hartwood Publishing Group
Published: 2016-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The monitor emitted a single high-pitched tone. “Shit. Not again,” Bartholomew breathed as he dove into chest compressions. His hands trembled as he shoved down into Sloan’s sternum. What the hell happened? They had no warning. Robert never called. There was no indicator of a threat from anyone they knew of. Those around had said it was a lone gunman who had run off.

“What’s our ETA?” he shouted.

“We’re seven minutes out,” the driver reported.

“Can you speed it up?”

“Not safely. Do you know this guy or something?”

Bartholomew breathed a sigh of relief at the blip on the screen. “He’s my best friend.”

“I’ll see what I can do.”

Bartholomew felt the ambulance lurch faster as it sped through the streets. He slumped back in his seat. His thoughts went to Maggie. This was the only member of her family still alive. And Abbey? She would be lost without Sloan, especially with a baby on the way.

He leaned toward Sloan’s head. “You need to fight, Sloan,” he whispered. “You can’t give up now. Fight this, brother. She needs you. Now more than ever, she needs you. Fight for Abbey.”

The ambulance skidded to a halt. Bartholomew threw open the doors to meet the medical team waiting for him. He looked at Laura. “Where’s Maggie?”

“Coming. Is this the gunshot victim?”

“Yes. Keep her away.”

“I’m right here.” Maggie all but hissed at him. “I don’t know what your problem is…”

“Evans, report,” Laura demanded.

Bartholomew’s eyes locked with Maggie’s as he yanked the gurney from the ambulance. “Thirty-eight-year-old male. Gunshot wound to the chest. Massive blood loss. Lost pulse twice en route to the hospital. CPR was administered. Currently, his pulse is thready at best. Who’s the physician available?”

“Jackson.”

“Fantastic. Where the hell is he? Page him.” Bartholomew joined the rest of the medical team as they shoved Sloan through the doors toward a room. He heard a sob as he passed. I can’t help you right now, sweetheart. I have to save your brother.

“We already did.”

Nearly a dozen doctors and nurses flocked to the trauma room as soon as the wheels of the gurney hit the ceramic tile floor. Bartholomew searched the faces frantically.

"Where’s Jackson?" he demanded.

"I don’t know," Ruth shouted over the chaos, irritation evident in her voice.

“Eric, take over.”

“Do you remember the last time I took over one of his cases?” Eric protested.

“Screw this.” Bartholomew ripped Sloan's T-shirt open. He glared at the nurse nearest to him. "Hook up the monitors. Restart an IV. Now."

“Evans, you’re a paramedic. You have no authorization…”

“Let him be, Eric,” Laura interrupted. “He probably has more medical experience than you do. If something happens, it’s on me.”

The nurse peeled off the backing and pressed them to Sloan's bare chest, hooking a wire to each as she went. Once she was finished, Bartholomew flipped the machine on. A weak blip traveled across the screen.

He glanced to another nurse, a petite blonde standing beside him. "Call Cardio. Tell them to get down here now."

The blonde nodded with a smile and then rushed off for the telephone.

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