The Secret Between Us novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: Heart
Caleb drove the whole way to Ellsworth with one hand on the wheel and the other on my knee.
I don't remember a single mile of it.
I remember the ambulance bay, and the sliding doors, and a nurse with a clipboard asking me if I was family.
"I'm his daughter," I said, and my voice came out as a stranger's.
"Is he alive?"
"He's in surgery."
"That's not what I asked."
She looked at me for a moment, and her face softened.
"He's alive."
The waiting room had green chairs and a television turned low on a morning show.
I sat on the edge of one with my hands between my knees.
Caleb sat beside me and didn't say anything, which was exactly right.
Pierce came at seven, still in yesterday's shirt, and stood by the vending machine with his arms crossed.
Half the crew came at eight.
They filled the corridor with canvas jackets and work boots.
A security guard by the elevator decided not to say anything.
At nine o'clock a doctor in blue scrubs came through the double doors.
"Merrick?" she said.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of The Secret Between Us are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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