Chapter 0240

“What do you mean she sl*pped into a coma?” Theo asks with an unmistakable tremble in his voice.

My heart was once again thudding against my ribcage. It felt like it wanted to punch a whole right through my F***ing chest.

I try to think clearly, but it’s like my brain can’t function. Time slowed down as the doctor spoke. All I

heard was a ringing in my ear.

I stumble back and fall on the seat I had vacated. Gabe and my dad put their hands on me, but I shake them off. I didn’t want their comfort. I wanted the doctor to tell me that the surgery had been a success

and that in a few hours Ava would wake up.

ch, and “She had a total of four bullets. One hit her head, the second hit her chest, the third hit her stomach, the final one hit her thigh. We were able to remove three of them successfully, except for the one in her skull. It was lodged too deep and removing it would have killed her.”

Fuck. I don’t know what to feel or think about that. He is telling us that Ava will have to live with a bullet stuck in her head. How is any of that fair? She was okay this morning before things took a turn for the

worst.

she’s alive,‘ a voice

alive, but would she

internal and external. We, however, had to drill her skull to drain. fluid, which helped with the swelling in her

a comma. For now, she’s in

nothing could hurt me worse than seeing Ava get shot, then I was wrong. Hearing that

It is like being stabbed by a thousand

Not even

wake up?” I breathe hoarsely. “Will

in

a few days. She might wake up tomorrow, in a few days, in a few months, or she might not wake up at all. For now, we’ll give it

might not wake up nearly brought me

She’s strong; she’ll wake up. In a few F***ing days, she’ll be up, glaring and snapping at

in her brain? Will living with it have any

her cheek.

how hard this must be for her. I can’t ever imagine facing the likelihood of losing Noah. It’s just too much

numbers. These are just a few things that might be affected by the kind of injury to her brain. Right now, we can’t say

If she wakes up.

the way he looks at us. The uncertainty is

face. Theo pulls her into his arms and hugs her close to his chest. The strong couple I know

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