Love Drunk: The Complete Series: An Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance Romance, and Friends To Lovers Box Set Collection by Kristen Luciani

Author:Kristen Luciani [Luciani, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

He staggered toward the airport exit, hungover from the excess of scotch, not having slept a wink, drowning in the harsh realization that he’d alienated the one person with the power to heal him, to fill the void, to soothe his wounded soul. She was everything he couldn’t live without. But he’d walked away, again. Would she ever—

“Paul!”

The cobwebs in his brain blunted the shrill sound. He slowly raised his head, fighting the queasiness that threatened to send him flying into the nearest restroom. “Kearney? What are you—”

She ran over and hugged him tight, tears streaming down her face. “Thank God you’re back.”

“Why are you crying? Did something happen?”

“I need you to come with me, okay?”

“Tell me what’s wrong. Is somebody hurt?”

“It’s Avery, sweetie. She’s at the hospital. Sh-she was shot tonight, down at Pietro Point.”

“Shot? How did this… Is she—” He fell into Kearney’s outstretched arms, his shoulders shaking. “Please tell me she’s okay.”

“I don’t know anything else. Evan’s on call. He’s waiting for you.”

Waves of nausea assaulted him, making his insides churn. “I’m gonna be sick.” After pushing past her, he crumbled to the curb outside the terminal until his stomach was as empty as his heart. Avery was the one beacon of light that could guide his troubled soul to a place where he could finally experience happiness. But he’d left without a backward glance, and now she was lying in a hospital, hurt. Or worse.

“Sit up,” Kearney advised when he collapsed into the back of the car. “Just in case. We’ll be there soon.”

So much spinning. Lights sped past in a blur, and closing his eyes only fed power to the ache in his stomach. Seconds crept past. Nothing mattered without her. Please don’t take her away.

Kearney maneuvered her car into a visitor spot at the hospital. “I-I brought you here so you can say goodbye. She’s hurt really badly. They don’t think she’s going to make it.”

“I have to see her,” he whispered, his eyes wet with tears.

The smell of antiseptic cleaners besieged his nostrils as they entered the Emergency Room. Nausea once again crashed over him, heightened by the grave look on Evan’s face. “Avery’s in surgery now, but she’s in bad shape. There’s a lot of damage to her heart.”

“Tell me she’s not going to die. Please tell me she’ll be okay.”

“She suffered penetrating cardiac trauma. The bullet ravaged her chest, and there are injuries to her right ventricle and the surrounding vessels. The surgeons are doing everything they can, but the damage is extensive. Her prognosis isn’t great.”

“What the fuck happened? Do you know anything?”

“She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Miguel’s crew was down at Pietro Point, and some other gang showed up unexpectedly. It was a bloodbath. Darryl’s dead. If the cops hadn’t shown up when they did…”

“Dead? Jesus Christ. I never called him back. I was too wrapped up in my own bullshit to bother. He needed my help and I… I ignored him, ignored everyone.

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