Reclaiming Life, Finding Love

pped, hanging by my seatbelt, the taste of blood thick in my

voice shouted from somewhere out

bright, disorienting lights, and the short, chaotic ride to the ho

A nurse was trying to get an IV into my ar

doctor said. "And look at this on his face. Two distinct puncture

thing about a spider,"

ringing from the plastic bag of my belongi

neral ER... Yes

hone to my ear

alive?" Her voice wa

I managed to

some fake brain tumor story. You' re pathetic. Mark and I have connections at this hospital. We kn

s Dr. Wallace. Your husband is in critical condition. We need to administe

who you' re talking about. He' s probably some homeless guy who stole

hung

on hardened. "Forget the call. Let' s get him to imaging

n an expensive suit walked in. He had a slick

lieve my... fiancée... just called. She was concerned about

me with a fli

illnesses for attention. Chloe is terrified o

not, this man is seriously injured. He was in a major car accident

he new pediatric wing? That' s my foundation. I' m sure you understand that the well-being

ized and transferred to a public clinic? I' ll eve

mic in the room shifted instantly. The nurses

iam saw me on the gurney, bruised and bleeding

poison. "You look terrible. But you' re a great actor, I

ed cheek. "Spidey did a good job! D

d, stroking his hair. "T

adrenaline cutting through the pain.

a desperate cry for a shred

hing but ice. "Then die," she said, her voi

d-off area. She had sharp, intelligent eyes and a no-nonsense expres

cutting through the tension. "I' m Dr. Reed.

Dr. Reed... Mr. Jensen he

cus was entirely on me. She gently touched the area

"Brown recluse. Highly necrotic. He should have had the antivenom twenty minute

at the ready. "Dr. Reed, I' m Mark Jens

rstanding, Mr. Jensen, is that you seem to think a donation to this hospi

d with anger. "Do

and the treatment that could save his life," she

ce. "Escort Mr. Jensen and his... companions... out of the hospital.

y. "You' ll regret this! Yo

me, her expression softening slightly. "Don' t wo

a whining Liam toward the exit, Mark turned back one last tim

re

irst time that day, as Dr. Reed and her team rushed me towards th

o