The Lost and Found Series by Amanda Mackey

Author:Amanda Mackey [Mackey, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Mac

Harley had woken from his head trauma with his full memory. How did I react to that? He wasn’t the make-believe Harley any more. Harley had been nothing more than a pretend version of Declan. A temporary persona. Watching him process his memories, mainly bad, had cut me to the bone. I wanted to help but clearly he didn’t need it. He chose the friend who’d seen him through thick and thin. And why should it be any other way? I’d only known him for such a short time. He didn’t owe me a thing. And I shouldn’t hope for anything more.

Already in too deep, if he asked me to walk away and never see him again, it would gut me. Just going into another room and leaving him vulnerable had been hard enough. Or had his order a double meaning? Perhaps he had meant for me to leave and never come back. His voice had sounded so final. I’d been there for him right up until a few moments ago and the idea of not being wanted anymore had my stress level at an unhealthy high. Harley had the ability to break me.

Maybe he needed time to pull himself together. To let his past settle into some sort of order. He must be going through hell, and it was selfish of me to be considering my own feelings.

I’d seen PTSD patients at the hospital. They carried a heavy burden. Sometimes too much to handle. We always referred them to a clinical psychologist. Fingers crossed Harley would be given the same option. Harley. It now sounded foreign. Harley had never existed. He’d always been Declan. A person I’d never known. A life I’d never been a part of. Suddenly I felt like an outsider. Is that how he saw me now?

I’d let the paramedics in and they loaded him onto the gurney, injecting a liquid into his arm that seemed to sedate him somewhat. His eyes glassed over and his lids struggled to remain open. His bleary eyes found mine as they wheeled him past.

He mumbled something but I only caught, “Mac.”

I wanted to go with him. One of the medics stopped when he saw me.

“Are you okay, Ma’am? Do you need medical treatment also?”

Viper hadn’t taken me to the hospital in light of him needing to rescue Harley. I’d almost forgotten about my face. They must wonder what I’d been involved in.

“No. I’m fine. I got into a fight but, ah…it’s been handled. Thank you.”

He stared at me for a few long seconds before nodding and taking Harley out. Walking to Viper, I asked, “Can I go too? I need to be with him even if he doesn’t want me there.”

He didn’t hesitate. “Of course. I’ll bring you back with me later.”

Grateful to have him here, I stepped closer and hugged him, needing the contact after Harley’s attempt at pushing me away.

His arms didn’t immediately embrace me, but after a beat or two they came around my waist in a firm squeeze.

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