Chapter 52 Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Chapter 52
“AJ!” Katherine had made an appointment for the clinic late that night. It was a wonder an abortion clinic worked so late. She guessed they had to fit in the busy women who didn’t have time to go in the morning. Or maybe they knew what they were doing was wrong and could only see that in the light of day. But she wasn’t going to get an abortion—she was just going to be briefed about the procedure. “Can I borrow your car? I need to run an errand before I go to work.”

“Something you need help with?” AJ walked toward her, Katherine wanted to turn away, run from the room. She couldn’t bare his touch right now. But she couldn’t command her body to move as she accepted AJ’s kiss.

“No, I’ll be fine,” she forced a weary smile.

“It’s in the bowl. I’ll see you at work.”

“Sure.” Katherine knew her mind must be clouded if she didn’t react to AJ’s chiseled features.

“I love you.”

“I know.” She smiled and ran out the door before her eyes betrayed her. Before she dropped down on her knees and begged the man, she loved to forgive her for even thinking about getting rid of their baby.

Once Katherine was belted into the car and pulling into the road, she didn’t know exactly where she was headed. After seeing AJ that morning she knew she couldn’t go through with the abortion.

Instead, she drove in the opposite direction of the clinic. Maybe she should go to Rosalinda and Adrian Senior’s town house. Rosalinda would know what to do. Maybe if she volunteered to take care of the baby, she wouldn’t have to give up her career. She could have both her family with AJ and her passion for healing people. That’s what I’ll do. She made up her mind and made the first turn she saw.

It was too late when she realized it was a one way. The truck was barreling toward her too fast. She stiffened in shock. Her mind shouting for her to flee, but her body had become a solid form incapable of moving. A second is all it took, and the decision for life was out of her hands.

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“What have we got?” AJ met the ambulance at the emergency bay.

“Head trauma and possible internal injuries, no broken bones or anything we can see externally,” the paramedic barked out without a breath.

AJ grabbed the foot of the gurney and pulled it through the emergency room doors. “Do we have an ID? What the hell happened?”

“Range Rover versus a meat truck. Meat truck won, but the Range Rover didn’t take such a bad beating.” The paramedic said.

“Those cars are resilient. I own one.” AJ put in. “All right, let’s take a look at this guy.”

“Girl, blonde beauty, I think her license said Katherine Henry.”

The sound of her name was a halt. Panic ripped through him, his heart racing, skipping, and skipping. AJ took a look at her, his gaze skimmed over her. She didn’t look broken, but this lifeless body, with blood staining her perfect blonde hair was his Katherine. He stumbled back as a knot formed in his chest. The sight of her pale form knocked the wind out of him. It didn’t take a genius to figure out he felt helpless in this situation.

“Adrian!”

AJ whipped his head up and met his mentor’s gaze. “She’s going to be fine.” He saw him mouth.

“Where is the portable scan? Let’s check for any internal damages. We need to figure out where this blood is coming from.”

“Blood?” The copper scent attacked his nostrils. He could almost taste it in his mouth. That only fueled his panic. What if there were massive internal damages and they were too late? His throat closed at the very thought. “We need to get her into the emergency room”

“I understand this is emotional for you, and a great shock, so I’m going to excuse that rash decision. We can’t just cut into her; we need to find the…source.”

“What?” The tone in his mentor’s voice told AJ they had found something.

“AJ, I’m sorry but Katherine lost the baby.”

“Baby, what baby?” AJ was convinced he was the sole sane person in the room. “She’s bleeding internally, we need to help her.”

“There are no internal injuries AJ. She’s bleeding vaginally. I’m sorry, AJ,” he said. “Let’s get Doctor Henry an MRI, figure out what’s going on in her head.”

“Listen to me.” The desperation in AJ’s voice echoed through the Emergency Room. “She wasn’t pregnant, she would have told me. We need to figure out what’s wrong with her.”

“Calm down, I’ll take care of her.”

AJ later sat in Katherine’s room. He couldn’t shake the cold shiver which kept running through him since he’d watched the doctors and nurse roll Katherine away from him. Having her in front of him still didn’t feel real. His heart was finally beating at a normal pace, but he was sure this dark cloud wouldn’t lift until she opened her eyes.

He choked out a laugh. She had come out of the wreck with just a bang on the head; enough to knock her unconscious, but not serious enough to cause any lasting damage. But when she woke up, she would have a massive headache. She had literally been hit by a truck and she would feel the effect in every inch of her body.

AJ dreaded having to tell her about the baby. He was such an idiot. He should have realized Katherine had been fishing for answers the previous night. Obviously, she hadn’t heard what she had expected. He could imagine her shock when he suggested, no demanded, she give up a year of her life for their baby. Katherine definitely disagreed with that plan, so where was she going that morning?

A horrible dread filled his heart, but AJ shook it off. She would never do that.