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h the swinging doub
a screaming, blood-covered drunk barreled toward her. She stepped
and rushed into the trauma bay to assist. In the split second the attending physician was tied up with another critical arrival, she read the mo
face. Elisa ducked, the air rushing past her ear, and used his
r shrieked a hig
of sedative through his IV line. The erratic lines on t
eavy VIP double doors at the f
enough to silence the
suit was wrinkled. His tie was gone. In his arms, he carried a wom
A cold, heavy stone settl
under the lights. She bought him those for their thir
e floor cleared! N
doctors froze, intimidated by the sheer weal
rist. Her heart hammered against her skin. She grabbed a p
ay from her husband. He
ms," Elisa said, her voice
mask. Panic flashed in his dark pupils. His hands instinctively tigh
per escaped from ben
. She knew that sound. It was
August's arm. Dark, wet blood stained the expensive fabric. H
t to assess the bleeding,
ntly shoved
private trauma room ready!"
into the edge of the nurse's station. A sharp pain shot up her spine, but
with a gurney. Elisa was forced
ic clipboard. She watched August gently stroke Allena'
re covered in aggressive red marks. The v
ound machi
brow furrowed. "Looks like a ruptured corpus luteum. Has she
into August's arm, lett
de of gray. He twisted his platin
n sliced right through the triage paper. Seven years of marriage. Seven years of
close to Elisa. "Do you k
holding another woman. "No
assistant to prep his private helicopter. He was al
ng in pain. August kicked a red biohaz
et it upright. She pulled a critical condition consent for
she de
of emotion in her eyes. He snatched the pen and s
d her back on him and walked out of t
ed shut behind her, c
nd pulled her phone from her scrub pocket.
tract Expira
the notification to the top. The la
isa peeled off her bloody latex glo
red at her pale face in the mirror,
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