Saving Grace by Shantel Davis

Author:Shantel Davis [Davis, Shantel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-12T18:30:00+00:00

Atticus

Nine hours had passed since the car accident I found out Grace had been in. Seven before I found out, then it took us another two hours to make it to the hospital she had been taken to in a small city in the middle of bumfuck, Michigan. It was the longest two hours of my life.

After being directed to the waiting room by the nurse at the front desk. I sat thinking about what I’d do in a world without Grace. She was still in surgery, alive, but she still could die.

Though we had now been apart more time we'd been together, I still held hope that one day we’d have our happily ever after. Now the chances of that were slim if she was as badly hurt as the police reports I had Tank pay for said.

I wanted to rage. Break something. Shoot somebody. I calmed myself by reminding myself where I was. Other people were there, doing the same as me, mourning and praying. I wouldn’t make their pain worse by acting out.

Tank stood in the corner, making the few people in the area with us stare up at him with worried expression masking their face. He was used to drawing curious onlookers.

“Friends and family of Grace Devereux,” a middle-aged blond man in a white coat called out. I stood and made my way over to him, a pretty Black nurse stood at his side.

She eyed me suspiciously, looked around the room, then back to me, then Tank who stood behind me. She gave me an odd look before asking me “Where's Mrs. Joyce and AJ?” I shrugged wondering who they were. The nurse occupying the nurses station answered her question. “Let me page her. They went down to the cafeteria. AJ was getting anxious. I told her I would call them when surgery was over.”

“Paging Joyce,” she sent out over the loudspeaker. I waited for answers.

The nurse sensed my impatience and spoke up.

“We have to wait for Mrs. Joyce. We’re only legally allowed to disclose her information to family. And since I’ve never seen or heard of you before, we can’t inform you of anything.” she spat snidely.

I didn’t understand her attitude but it pissed me off.

I fisted and unfisted my hand to hold onto my temper.

The nurse stared me down, daring me to challenge her.

I remained silent, glaring back at her.

The standoff made everybody tense.

The doctor looked everywhere but at me.

Occupants in the waiting room stared at us.

The nurse refused to back down.

The elevator dinged, drawing everyone’s attention. A petite older woman got off holding a child. A boy in khaki cargo paints and white airforce ones on his feet. He looked entirely too big for her to be carrying. I blinked hard when my eyes landed on her face. She looked so much like Grace’s grandmother I wondered if she was related to them somehow. When she looked up and saw me I could swear I saw her mouth “Oh shit.” She adjusted the child on her hip.

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