towards her, reaching out to her to pull her back before the loud bang of a gunshot stops him in his tracks.
“No!” He says as watches Amber slowly turn around, her hand covering up her quickly staining shirt as she slowly falls to her knees.
He winces as he hears another shot ring out, and another, and another as he crawls towards her.
“Johnny…” She whispers as she collapses onto the floor.
“Amber!” He says, grabbing her shoulder and pulling her towards him.
He pulls her up onto his lap as the gunshots continue to ring out before pulling up her shirt and finding the bloody wound on her hip.
“Fuck!” He screams, picking her up in his arms. “For fuck sakes!”
“Get her outta here, Johnny!” He hears not even looking up to see who it was.
He picks her up, not even feeling her weight as he gets to his feet and cradles her in his arms as he runs with her out the back door.
“It’s okay, Amber, it’s okay.” He whispers to her as he runs out her back gate and down the dark alley before coming out the other side under a bright street lamp.
He panics, nearly dropping his keys as he reaches to pull them out of his pocket before unlocking his passenger side door and placing her in the front seat.
“Amber, it’s okay sweetheart, it’s alright.” He whispers to her placing a kiss on her cheek as he brushes his palm over her clammy forehead. “Oh my, God, you’re burning up.”
He shuts the door, running around his car to the other side before sliding in the driver’s seat and turning over the engine.
“Hold on, Amber…” He whispers to her as he pulls onto the street. “Please hold on.”
He hits the gas, racing as far as his car will go, occasionally glancing over to Amber to make sure she’s still breathing.
“Move!” Johnny screams as he approaches a car stopped at a red light before deciding to just drive around it as the light flashes back to green.
“We’re almost there, baby, it’s okay, we’re almost there!” He says to her, letting out a relieved laugh as the bright lights of the hospital building come into view.
Johnny parks under the emergency room awning, not even bothering to turn off his car before jumping out of the driver’s seat and running around the car to Amber’s side.
“Help! Someone please help!” He calls out as he throws open Amber’s door and pulls her onto him, lifting her out of the car.
“Please, someone help her!” He shouts as she runs through the sliding glass doors of the emergency room. “I need some help, please!”
He collapses to his knees as nurses rush over to them, pulling her out of his arms and placing her on a stretcher.
“Sir!” One of the nurses says to him. “Sir, what’s happened to her?”
“She’s been shot.” He says, panting, his heart racing as he watches them wheel her away. “She was shot.”
Chapter 19
He sits on the curb just outside the emergency room, watching as the sun comes up over the high rises downtown as ambulances slowly pass by him to make room for more emergency vehicles.
Johnny sucks in deeply as he finishes the last drag of his smoke before flicking it onto the ground and stomping it with his shoe.
Out of the corner of his eye he notices Amber’s mother walk out of the sliding emergency room doors and over to him. Johnny looks away embarrassed, his face flushing bright red as he chokes back his emotion as the woman sits herself down on the curb beside him.
“She’s been out of surgery for a little while now, Johnny.” She says to him, watching as he nods quietly. “The doctors said she’s doing very well.”
“That’s good to hear.” Johnny finally say, his voice cracking before he clears his throat.
“She’s very lucky, they don’t foresee any complications.” Her mom says stretching out her legs. “And she’s also
“No!” He says as watches Amber slowly turn around, her hand covering up her quickly staining shirt as she slowly falls to her knees.
He winces as he hears another shot ring out, and another, and another as he crawls towards her.
“Johnny…” She whispers as she collapses onto the floor.
“Amber!” He says, grabbing her shoulder and pulling her towards him.
He pulls her up onto his lap as the gunshots continue to ring out before pulling up her shirt and finding the bloody wound on her hip.
“Fuck!” He screams, picking her up in his arms. “For fuck sakes!”
“Get her outta here, Johnny!” He hears not even looking up to see who it was.
He picks her up, not even feeling her weight as he gets to his feet and cradles her in his arms as he runs with her out the back door.
“It’s okay, Amber, it’s okay.” He whispers to her as he runs out her back gate and down the dark alley before coming out the other side under a bright street lamp.
He panics, nearly dropping his keys as he reaches to pull them out of his pocket before unlocking his passenger side door and placing her in the front seat.
“Amber, it’s okay sweetheart, it’s alright.” He whispers to her placing a kiss on her cheek as he brushes his palm over her clammy forehead. “Oh my, God, you’re burning up.”
He shuts the door, running around his car to the other side before sliding in the driver’s seat and turning over the engine.
“Hold on, Amber…” He whispers to her as he pulls onto the street. “Please hold on.”
He hits the gas, racing as far as his car will go, occasionally glancing over to Amber to make sure she’s still breathing.
“Move!” Johnny screams as he approaches a car stopped at a red light before deciding to just drive around it as the light flashes back to green.
“We’re almost there, baby, it’s okay, we’re almost there!” He says to her, letting out a relieved laugh as the bright lights of the hospital building come into view.
Johnny parks under the emergency room awning, not even bothering to turn off his car before jumping out of the driver’s seat and running around the car to Amber’s side.
“Help! Someone please help!” He calls out as he throws open Amber’s door and pulls her onto him, lifting her out of the car.
“Please, someone help her!” He shouts as she runs through the sliding glass doors of the emergency room. “I need some help, please!”
He collapses to his knees as nurses rush over to them, pulling her out of his arms and placing her on a stretcher.
“Sir!” One of the nurses says to him. “Sir, what’s happened to her?”
“She’s been shot.” He says, panting, his heart racing as he watches them wheel her away. “She was shot.”
Chapter 19
He sits on the curb just outside the emergency room, watching as the sun comes up over the high rises downtown as ambulances slowly pass by him to make room for more emergency vehicles.
Johnny sucks in deeply as he finishes the last drag of his smoke before flicking it onto the ground and stomping it with his shoe.
Out of the corner of his eye he notices Amber’s mother walk out of the sliding emergency room doors and over to him. Johnny looks away embarrassed, his face flushing bright red as he chokes back his emotion as the woman sits herself down on the curb beside him.
“She’s been out of surgery for a little while now, Johnny.” She says to him, watching as he nods quietly. “The doctors said she’s doing very well.”
“That’s good to hear.” Johnny finally say, his voice cracking before he clears his throat.
“She’s very lucky, they don’t foresee any complications.” Her mom says stretching out her legs. “And she’s also
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