Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 612

Haydent Hayident i tred to scream, but it felt like something was crushing my throat,

I couldn't even move to check on Hayden

"Hayden, please, talk to me! Yara's voice cracked as he shook him, but he stayed dead silent, not even a twitch

Id never seen him like this. Even when we shared a bed before, he always moved, always woke up at the slightest sound, telling me, "Don't move

But now, nothing

What the hell is happening?

"Bruno, call an ambulancet Now! Yara screamed, her face wet with tears.

The word "ambulance" sliced through the fog in my brain, and suddenly, everything hit me like a shock to the chest. It was like a breath I hadn't been able to take before, and for the first time, I could actually move. I shoved myself up, scrambling toward Hayden. "Rea, Jace," Steve's voice cut through the chaos, and then people were everywhere.

me back, blocking me from

rushing for the door. I wanted to run after them, but my legs wouldn't move. "Hayden," I managed

the hospital. I just sat in a car, numb, my head replaying the image of Hayden falling over

hours, from dawn until dusk. The lights in

him, but all he said was they were still trying

asking. Just wait," Yara said, pulling me back into the

calm. But I knew she was

and cried, holding

a fracture in the back of his skull. That spot was soft when I held him,"

stared at her. Her eyes were locked on nothing, but she kept going. "If it wasn't for the blow to his head, he could've handled the rest of it. He would've been fine." That

you hate him, don't you? But you've got it all wrong,"

mouth to say something, but nothing

or because he thought you liked someone else. He broke up with you

Chapter 612