The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 69

They told me that the bullet hit a very delicate part of her stomach and she lost a

lot of blood. They didn't tell me anything else before rushing her to the emergency room. I knew that doctors didn't make any promises to save a patient's life, because a patient might die at any moment, but I needed any sort of assurance. They didn't provide me with that, "Mr. Kensington, I'm detective Black and this is detective Wilsons. We know that the timing isn't right, but we would like to ask you some questions about what happened to Ms. Eddings. Detective Black was tall and his hair had a buzz cut "Sure," I nodded, getting up from my place.

"Can you please tell us what happened?" Detective Wilsons asked me. Her blonde hair was tied back in a tight bun and she had a notepad in her hands.

"I was standing outside the restaurant with her. Everything seemed fine, then we heard gunshots. I tried to protect her by covering her body with me and getting her on the ground, but when the shooting stopped, I looked at her and found blood on her clothes," I recounted "Did you manage to see who fired the gunshots?" Detective Black asked me

"No." I shook my head. "My priority was to protect her." And I failed to do so. I promised her before that I would protect her and I failed her

"Do you have any animosity with anyone?" he wondered. At first, I was going to say no because I didn't think that anybody might be malicious and envious enough to try to kill Emily. But then I knew some people who were evil enough to commit such an attorcious act. "Jeffrey Harolds and his family. He is her father, but they're not on speaking terms," I said. I didn't know to which extent their hatred for her had reached. I knew that they hated her, but would they really try to kill her.

"Is there anything else you'd like to add, Mr. Kensington? Detective Winstons asked me.

"1 would like to know as soon as you catch the perpetrator, please," I told them.

When they left, I made my way to my family and took a seat beside Maya. She looked exhausted and pale. When I took a closer look at her face, 1 www.tearstains on her cheeks.

1 like to believe that she's going to get out of the operating room alive," I told her.

to locate her. That period was the worst one in my life because I missed my best friend so m the operating room alive, there would be nothing for me to make the pain go away

her to tell her that we had something important to do and we couldn't get back home. I didn't want her to know anything, at

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he stood in front of me. I didn't even notice that he had been gone for a while. My mind had been preoccupied

shower, but I couldn't just do that here and I wasn't going to leave to take a shower then come back tcleaned myself up as best as I

how long I waited for anybody to tell me anything about

luckily we managed to save her und

When the doctor finished walking, relief took over me and I

She was okay.

She made it.

going to leave me

repeating those words to calm

make

10:30 AM

Chapter 69

I see her? I need to see her," I asked her. I just wanted to lay my eyes on her to make sure that she was still here

said, in the ICU, but if you'd like to check on her, only one person can do that and it will be for just five minutes."

wanted to see her breathing to make sure that she was