Want You by Stacy Finz

Author:Stacy Finz [Finz, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“What is it?” Deb shouted as TJ took off at a run.

“Colt.” He didn’t have time to explain. As it was, he’d only registered half of what Darcy had told him and didn’t understand why the emergency responders had called her in the first place. Maybe they’d tried him and he hadn’t heard his phone over the music in Old Glory. “He’s in the hospital.”

“My God. Wait for me.” She caught up to him and hopped into the passenger side of his truck.

Good thing he’d parked close when they’d dropped off Deb’s equipment. He started the engine, backed out, nearly colliding with a motor home, and sped to the interstate.

“Is it bad?”

“Not sure.” All he knew was that Colt got caught in an avalanche. TJ assumed it happened during speed riding, but the details were murky. He just wanted to get to the hospital, to Colt. “Can you call Delaney? Wait a minute, don’t. It’ll freak her out.”

“Someone has to tell her, TJ. She should be at the hospital.”

“You’re right. Call Hannah and tell her to do it. Someone needs to pick her up. She shouldn’t drive herself.” Damn, he wasn’t handling this well, and he was in charge. The second oldest. He should have this; people were depending on him.

He heard Deb on the phone, giving instructions to Hannah. She sounded a lot calmer than TJ felt. Then again, Colt wasn’t her brother.

After signing off, she said, “Hannah and Josh already thought of getting Delaney. They’re on their way to her house now.”

“Good.” Josh was steady in a crisis—all that ranger training. “Did Hannah know anything about Colt’s medical status?” He should’ve asked Darcy, but the urge to get to the hospital fast overrode it.

“Just that he’s in the emergency room. Colt’s tough; he’ll be okay.” Deb squeezed his leg and kept her hand there. Any other time it would’ve made him stiff as a rod.

It took them thirty minutes to get to Sierra General, the main hospital in Nevada County. Tourists, up from Sacramento and the Bay Area to see the snow, had clogged the roads, causing traffic to move at a snail’s pace. At one point, TJ had considered ditching his truck and running the rest of the way.

He pulled up to the emergency entrance and jumped out, leaving Deb to park. Someone at the front desk told him where to go. He ran through the long hallway and took the elevator to the second floor. This wasn’t his first trip to the emergency room. But on past visits he hadn’t taken the time to memorize the layout of the place. His parents and Win were already there, having had a head start, and stood in the waiting room, talking to someone in scrubs. They looked grave but not hysterical, which in his mind was a good sign.

His mother wrapped TJ in her arms. “Thank goodness you’re here.”

“Is he okay?”

TJ’s father stepped up. “He has a bad concussion, three broken ribs, and a possible fractured ankle. The good news is, he managed to keep the six members of his group safe.

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