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A nurse comes to take my blood pressure and temperature. "Ms. Nolan is it?"
""Winona."
"Winona, can we get this coat off you. | need to do a blood pressure."
| take off Gordon's coat and the air seems cold and heavy even though the sun is shining outside.
"Oh my. Are you hurt anywhere?" The nurse says in surprise when she sees the state of my bloodied clothes..
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shake my head and the tears roll again. "It's not my blood, It's Jayden's. He took the bullet that was meant for
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Winona, can you just lay back on the bed for me. Here, I'll put the back up so you aren't lying flat. You're
showing signs of shock. We'll get you into a warm shower soon. Just relax. You're safe now." 1 just need to know
that Jayden is okay."
The nurse finishes my blood pressure reading. "Could be better. I'll go talk to our locum and then get report on
Jayden for you."
Thank you
you so much." I'm relieved to hear she's going to check in on Jayden. "I want Jayden to know I'm here and his
mother is on the way."
"1 get them to pass the message to him. Never know what he can hear so that might help him pull through."
Just then, Judy rushes in, her eyes wild with panic. She looks at me, and for a moment, there's a shared
understanding of the gravity of the situation. "Are you hurt, Winona?"
| shake my head. "It isn't my blood."
"She's being monitored for shock," Gordon adds.
Judy's focus goes onto the nurse when she comes back in.
"Where's my son?" she demands, her voice shaking, the facade of control she usually maintains slipping.
"He's in the operating theater with Dr. Green," the nurse says, her tone patient. "They need to remove the bullet.
The bullet just missed his heart but there's a lot of damage around it. It's still touch and go. The doctor will bring
news when he's done, but it may be a few hours."
"| see. Thank you. | guess we just have to wait this out and pray."
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Wow. Is this the sJudy Brennan | know?
The nurse approachesagain. "Ms. Nolan, we're putting you in overnight, just to be on the safe side. I'm
guessing you aren't leaving here tonight anyway."
"Not if I can help it. | need to be here for Jayden when he opens his
s eyes.
"Sounds like that will be a while yet. Quite often they are put into an induced coma so the body can begin to heal
itself. | think a shower and shot tea is what you need now. Let's get you to your overnight room."
| stand up and wrap Gordon's coat aroundagain.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"It's just down the corridor from intensive care where Jayden will go after his operation. Don't worry you'll be
close."
"Thank you."
"Winona, | have a missed call | have to take. I'll cfind you soon. Hopefully with sgood news about your
case," Gordon says.
"I'll be fine thanks, Gordon."
| follow the nurse along the corridor and into the elevator. We go to the sfloor as Intensive care. Thoughts of
Abby being in here floodand now it's Jayden. | still feel shaky inside. 124 Hospital Again
"Get settled here, your bathroom is through that door. There's a gown in there. You have to rest until Jayden is
back in intensive care. I'll pop back with stea soon."
| let out a breath and plonk onto the bed. Rest, sure. That's easier said than done.
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