No Love Left for Her

thick with the smell of sweat, fear, and antiseptic. Families huddled together, cr

und us. "The

tood up

Jude' s Hospital. She' s alive, but her condition is

my family. Olivia swayed, and m

he hospital," David

cy room was a war zone. We were led to a small, priva

ng man in his fifties, c

now, but she needs a highly specialized surgery to repair the damage to her vascular system. The problem is, the bullet

us the best neurosurgeon in the state, in

he best... is probably

o Olivia. She loo

all eyes t

commanded. "Liam, you call h

tinct finally kicking in after her initial, fatal denial. But this ti

ormed in my mind. A way to not just obs

she is," I said, my v

know?" my father snapped.

than were going out," I

. "Her daughter is dying and she' s

wounded party perfectly. "It' s not my

phone. "I' ll t

I dialed her number, the same number I had called with bloo

And rang.

h with Ethan, her phone in her bag, the soun

ng the phone. A wave of genui

David urged,

did it again. And again. Each failed call was another tu

grandmother sobbed. "What coul

ice answered. But it was

, an audible pout in his voice. I co

ching the phone from my hand. "Put yo

whined. "We were about

damn ice cream! Put her o

d then Olivia' s voice came on

ou' re ruining our day

t now," David said, his voice trembling with a mixtur

line. Then, her voice, dripping with disbeli

Liam up to this? Don' t you dare curse your sister

s if it were a venomous snake. They were finally hearing it for themselves. The b

ad created was fi