Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ALEX

"I'm not sure, boss. The medical team has yet to assess her."

The call ends before I realize I've hung up.

My foot slams the gas, the tires screaming as I rip back onto the road.

Two miles northeast. I repeat it like a prayer. Like it'll bring her back to me faster.

The rain has now reduced to showers, which makes it a whole lot easier to see.

She was screaming.

That sound... it'll haunt me forever.

I'm soaked to the bone with my teeth clenched and my hand a death grip on the wheel.

But I don't care. I'll drive through fire if I have to

Then, through the showers, red and blue lights appear in the distance, flashing, pulsing sirens faint over the sound of my speed.

I slam the brakes just behind an ambulance.

I barely put the car in park before I'm out and running toward Athena.

"Alex!" lan meets me halfway, already pulling off his gloves.

"She's awake and stable for now, but still in shock. I need to scan her for internal injuries. We can't risk moving her too much."

I don't hear anything else after awake.

She's not very hurt!

My heart jumps in relief.

I rush past him to the back of the ambulance, where the doors are still open.

She's sitting in the back of the ambulance, a blanket draped over her shoulders, her hair damp and clinging to her cheeks. Her eyes are wide, staring blankly ahead, and my chest caves in at the sight.

I climb in and wrap my arms around her without hesitation, pulling her into me like my life depends on it.

resist. She melts against me, trembling, cold

into her soaked hair. "You

mumbles, her voice barely

not," I counter, holding her

prepping her for transport. "We're taking

suddenly. "I want

enough to see

in no state to argue," I

her eyes glassy but determined. "I want to sleep in my

I pause.

Everything in me stills.

Zayan?

must have heard wrong,

the heated bottle." I say to

voice pulls

and place her

a second." I smile at her, and she nods.

walk towards lan and

does she think I'm Zayan?" I

looks at me with

"She called you that?"

nod once, my jaw tight. "She looked straight at me and said it. Not even

shock. Mild concussion maybe. Sometimes disorientation hits

home. I'll convince her to do it tomorrow. 'll

we need to get her scanned immediately. The fact that she's coherent enough to argue and recognize some faces

"I will. Thanks,

clasps my shoulder

around her shoulders. The rain's reduced to

it would have looked romantic

the scene look like a

into the driver's seat

you warm enough?" I ask

She nods slowly.

hungry." she responds and

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