Stella froze for a moment before she realized what Joshua was asking.

In a quiet voice, she replied, "I'll answer that once you're out of surgery."

Joshua nodded. "Alright."

He closed his eyes.

Half an hour later, hurried footsteps echoed down the hallway.

Stella thought it must be Abby.

She looked up, expecting to see her friend-only to find a tall, broad-shouldered figure striding toward her.

"Neville Connolly?" Stella was surprised. "What are you doing here?"

She'd left her phone in the car, only managing to call Abby-she hadn't even told Neville what happened.

But Neville had arrived before Abby.

Did Abby call him?

Neville's handsome face was unusually serious. "Star, are you alright?"

head. "I'm fine, just a

on her bandaged fingers, his

you hurt your hand.

Joshua, how glass

She hesitated.

could

said gently, "Star, I'm here. Go take care of

a

She trusted Neville.

hand was being cleaned and bandaged,

side, helping with her wound care, while Antoney waited outside the operating room with Neville, taking charge of

appeared, Stella looked up anxiously. "How's Joshua? Is he going

had just come down

he lost a lot of blood. His internal organs are bruised from the impact—it'l take timè

over her. "As long as he's going

Stella's wrapped hand. "What about you?

doctor checked-it's just some cuts from the glass. I'll be fine after I

shot her a look of exasperation.

safety comes first, not

time Stella's wounds were fully treated, over an

still

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