Broken: Healing Her Heart

nt until there was a loud bang from someone slamming

ling to catch her breat

he kissed

she immediately knew he

y need to get going. Thanks again for everything, sh

ithout the crutches. Can you get the crutches o

the door, and pulled them out.

shed intended. Couldnt he see she was

her way up the sidewalk. Of course, Gabe didnt just let her go ins

from here, she said with a bright smile. Have a great day at work tomorrow, she added a

sagged against the wall in relief. The trembling in her legs had nothing

A better question might

the nurses talked about the fact that the good-looking ER doctor di

im. She didnt want or need the complication of a man in her life. She

ps. Gabes kiss hadnt just barreled against the walls she

eyes and pray

The swelling had come down to the point she probably didnt really need the crutches, but she used them anyway just to rest the ankle a bit more, especiall

doing chores. Getting her laundry done was tricky, but she managed

ous, because shed already decided that she needed to keep her distance from him. Ye

ll from

er ankle. Shed called Annies number several times, but the calls went straig

e phone hidden. If not, the poor woman had no way of c

en Annie had refused to press charges. She unders

aid George would come after her, or she was afraid George would actually leave her alone. Shed tried to tell her mother they were better off without him, but it wasnt until hed att

ught in much money. Larissa had gotten a job as soon as shed turned sixteen to help with the household expenses. When she was seventeen, she took the nursing assist

r or abuse her in any way. He was significantly older, but as long as her mother was happy, she di

assume her words had fallen on deaf ears. Well, mayb

vie marathon. She had a secret weakness for the old Star Wars movies and watched one after

ayed off of it until she needed to get dressed for wor

he headed to the hospital. She hurried, trying to beat the rain, making it inside the

thought for sure youd be off toda

a row, and then Im off for four glor

tchen fire. If Larissa had managed to save more money, she might have put in a bid for the place herself. Although she w

hey made their way over to the desk. Debra was the cha

aid with a wry smile

to take a team and help cover the trauma room, she instructed. Larissa, youre team one, a

wince with Julie b

ed away to their respective teams. I bet this storm is going

octors excuse. Although to be fair, she was glad she hadnt called in, othe

of patients, and thankfully, only two trauma patients had com

ed as they passed in the hal

e turns with the traumas unless there were two at

lso assigned the night shift. The doctors worked eight-hour shifts inst

and she kept her gaze focused on the computer

walking into her patients room. Remember you have to foll

nd often forgot to take his medications, which then caused him to become short of breath. In reading h

out to a wheelchair. Rick, one of their tec

you here. Gabes voice broke int

ce him. Its a lot better, thanks. I have th

ds stuffed into the pockets of his lab coat, she sensed there was

t loud as he read his pager. Victim is a fifty-year-ol

fifty years old and lived near Highway Z. Granted, that didnt mean she w

wed Gabe into the trauma bay. They were only a level-two trauma center, and if this patie

d i

ng a bevy of paramedics surrounding a gurney. The moment she saw th

unconscious at the scene. Vitals reflect hypo

ther victim?

ly this was

t deep down, she felt certain Kurt was the one b

ed hed intended

they deemed her stable enough to transfer. Larissa watc

se keep Annie s

ll right? Suddenly, she wasnt. She had to get away, just

enched by the rain. What had happened to Annie? Had she tried to escape Ku

mind. Maybe it wasnt Kurt, she tried to tell herself. Maybe Annie had been running

could do to help Annie right now. She and Gabe had done their best, placing a breathing

the trauma team i

of her scrubs. The trauma bay was empty now and had already been cleaned up, which made her feel guilty. It was almost four in

focus her attention on the handful of p

ened behind her, letting in a blast of cool air. She jumped around in surprise and ne

tone, waving the gun in her general direc

it unsteady. She swallowed hard and tried to edge behind one of the metal bedside tables, not m

yone? Couldnt

rd her, and she couldnt help shrinking backwa

gun and pointed it directly at