felt my phone vibrate and slowly texted “help” to whomever it was.
“I was so close, and then you had to book that vacation. ‘Regrouping as a family’ is what he called it. I tried everything in my power to make him cancel, but he thought too much of you, Nat, and you didn’t deserve him. I did.” She started fiddling with her hands.
The tears slipped down my cheeks, unable to be controlled any longer. “I don’t understand. Why would you try to seduce my husband? We were married and had a family—”
“It was going to be mine. I was going to help him see he was making the wrong choice with you. I wanted it all, and I was going to get it until you killed him, you stupid bitch. You ruined everything.” Her agitation seemed to escalate as she rose from her chair. Then she actually pointed a gun at me.
I started to shake, never having seen something like this coming. There were gasps all around me, and people started to scatter.
“Wh-what are you doing, Robin? You need to think about this,” I said shakily, watching the gun.
“No, Natalie, I’ve thought about this long and hard. You took away the love of my life. You caused me nothing but pain, and now I am going to make sure you pay,” she said as she took aim.
I could hear tires squealing in the background, but all I could focus on was the deafening shot from the gun, followed by a searing pain in my chest.
I fell back and looked down to see my dress covered in blood.
Then two hands suddenly grasped my face. “Look at me, baby. Look at me. You’re going to be all right. Stay with me, Nat. Please don’t go. I need you, baby.”
I turned my head to stare back at Josh, a look of sheer terror in his eyes.
He was trying to talk to me, but I couldn’t hear anything.
I whispered, “I’m sorry,” as my world faded to black.
Chapter 19
JOSH
“Come on, Nat. You need to stay with me. Come on, baby. Open your eyes. Help is on the way.”
I was gripping her close to my body, trying to put pressure on the wound. I prayed to God the bullet hadn’t entered her heart, but there was so much blood I couldn’t tell.
I silently prayed, “Please don’t take her from me, please.”
“The ambulance is here, Josh. You need to let them do their job.” Mark pulled on me, trying to get me to move out of the way.
“I won’t leave her,” I yelled at him.
“I don’t expect you to, but they need room. Please, let them try to save her.” He hugged me to his body.
We both slumped down and watched as the paramedics worked on Natalie. There was so much blood I couldn’t handle it.
“She’s coding. Defib, stat. Charging to two hundred. Clear,” we could hear the paramedic call out.
I watched helplessly as Nat’s body convulsed with each shock.
“Got a pulse. We need to move her. Start compressions,” The other paramedic said.
I followed them as they loaded Natalie into the ambulance.
“Are you family?” asked the paramedic
“Fiancé,” I offered.
“Get in. You can ride with us to the hospital,” she offered with sympathy in her eyes. “We have her stable right now, but she’s going to need surgery. We won’t know the full extent of her injuries until we get her in, so we need to hurry.” She pushed me into the back of the ambulance.
I hopped in then turned to look at Mark and Daniel.
“We’ll meet you there,” they said.
I looked at them helplessly until the doors were closed. Then I sat down and picked up Nat’s cold hand, praying and crying like I had never done before.
We reached the hospital, and they whisked Nat into surgery. I was left standing at the doors, blood soaked through my clothes, still feeling her cold hand in mine.
A hand landed on my shoulder
“Come on, bud. Let’s get you cleaned up.” Daniel led me away from the doors of the ER.
I didn’t say anything, only followed him. He took me to the bathroom where Mark was standing. Daniel gently pushed me through and locked the door behind
“I was so close, and then you had to book that vacation. ‘Regrouping as a family’ is what he called it. I tried everything in my power to make him cancel, but he thought too much of you, Nat, and you didn’t deserve him. I did.” She started fiddling with her hands.
The tears slipped down my cheeks, unable to be controlled any longer. “I don’t understand. Why would you try to seduce my husband? We were married and had a family—”
“It was going to be mine. I was going to help him see he was making the wrong choice with you. I wanted it all, and I was going to get it until you killed him, you stupid bitch. You ruined everything.” Her agitation seemed to escalate as she rose from her chair. Then she actually pointed a gun at me.
I started to shake, never having seen something like this coming. There were gasps all around me, and people started to scatter.
“Wh-what are you doing, Robin? You need to think about this,” I said shakily, watching the gun.
“No, Natalie, I’ve thought about this long and hard. You took away the love of my life. You caused me nothing but pain, and now I am going to make sure you pay,” she said as she took aim.
I could hear tires squealing in the background, but all I could focus on was the deafening shot from the gun, followed by a searing pain in my chest.
I fell back and looked down to see my dress covered in blood.
Then two hands suddenly grasped my face. “Look at me, baby. Look at me. You’re going to be all right. Stay with me, Nat. Please don’t go. I need you, baby.”
I turned my head to stare back at Josh, a look of sheer terror in his eyes.
He was trying to talk to me, but I couldn’t hear anything.
I whispered, “I’m sorry,” as my world faded to black.
Chapter 19
JOSH
“Come on, Nat. You need to stay with me. Come on, baby. Open your eyes. Help is on the way.”
I was gripping her close to my body, trying to put pressure on the wound. I prayed to God the bullet hadn’t entered her heart, but there was so much blood I couldn’t tell.
I silently prayed, “Please don’t take her from me, please.”
“The ambulance is here, Josh. You need to let them do their job.” Mark pulled on me, trying to get me to move out of the way.
“I won’t leave her,” I yelled at him.
“I don’t expect you to, but they need room. Please, let them try to save her.” He hugged me to his body.
We both slumped down and watched as the paramedics worked on Natalie. There was so much blood I couldn’t handle it.
“She’s coding. Defib, stat. Charging to two hundred. Clear,” we could hear the paramedic call out.
I watched helplessly as Nat’s body convulsed with each shock.
“Got a pulse. We need to move her. Start compressions,” The other paramedic said.
I followed them as they loaded Natalie into the ambulance.
“Are you family?” asked the paramedic
“Fiancé,” I offered.
“Get in. You can ride with us to the hospital,” she offered with sympathy in her eyes. “We have her stable right now, but she’s going to need surgery. We won’t know the full extent of her injuries until we get her in, so we need to hurry.” She pushed me into the back of the ambulance.
I hopped in then turned to look at Mark and Daniel.
“We’ll meet you there,” they said.
I looked at them helplessly until the doors were closed. Then I sat down and picked up Nat’s cold hand, praying and crying like I had never done before.
We reached the hospital, and they whisked Nat into surgery. I was left standing at the doors, blood soaked through my clothes, still feeling her cold hand in mine.
A hand landed on my shoulder
“Come on, bud. Let’s get you cleaned up.” Daniel led me away from the doors of the ER.
I didn’t say anything, only followed him. He took me to the bathroom where Mark was standing. Daniel gently pushed me through and locked the door behind
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