A/N: I'm glad you guys liked the last updates! I got three for ya tonight. I hope you enjoy and we're nearing the end, so I'm going to slow down the updates a bit; savor the ending a bit more and all that jazz. I'm glad you guys are enjoying. Life has been hectic as all get out. I feel like I'm constantly running. I'm so looking forward to this weekend and relaxing. Enjoy the chapters and I hope to see your comments
Chapter 29
Tommy watched in horror as Jude fell backwards and hit her head on the reception desk. "JUDE!" He cried out and he shoved Stuart away from him with more force than he would have liked. He didn't bother to look to see if the other man was alright or not. His only concern was of Jude and his unborn child.
He crossed the room in three quick strides and knelt down next to her. Kat and Jamie rushed over and he could hear someone talking to the dispatchers.
"Jude." He said, his voice cracking. He ran a hand through her soft blonde hair and his breath caught as it touched something warm and sticky. He retracted his hand, already knowing what he was going to see and stared at the blood on his fingertips. Kat reached out with one of her hands and laid it carefully on Jude's neck, taking the young woman's pulse. It was faint and barely noticeable.
"She's alive." Kat said, her voice coming out relieved. Tommy, hearing those words, stood up, an enraged look in his eyes. He stepped away from Jude and over to Stuart who was gaping at his fallen daughter.
"Tom." A familiar voice said, but Tommy couldn't place it. He wasn't listening and he didn't care. All that mattered was that Jude was hurt and her father had hurt her, and he wanted nothing more than to beat the man into a bloody pulp. Tommy felt rough hands grab him and hold him fast.
"Let. Go. Of. Me." Tommy growled, his voice low and guttural.
"Not when you're like this man." Tommy craned his neck to see Kwest was the one restraining him. Tommy went to pull away from his best friend, but Kwest moved with him, determined not to let him do something stupid. "Don't do this man. Jude wouldn't have wanted it and it won't make you feel any better." Kwest said, knowing what was running through Tommy's mind.
"Kwest" Tommy didn't finish his sentence as the EMTs burst through the door. Kwest continued to hold Tommy back to keep him out of the way.
They moved Jude onto the stretcher and hooked her to a saline IV and began to wheel her away. "Kwest, let me go." Tommy said, his voice heart broken, tears running down his face. Kwest released Tommy from his grip and he ran after the EMTs, determined to ride with Jude to the hospital.
Once Tommy and the EMTs had disappeared from sight, everyone turned and glanced at Stuart in disgust.
"Come on, let's get out of here." Jamie said, and he and Kat made their way out of G Major and to their car to get the hospital. Several other staff members began to slowly go back to their business, whispering about what had transpired. Kwest stood in the middle of the lobby, watching Stuart Harrison a moment, trying to figure out why a father would do that to his own Daughter. He shook himself of his thoughts and ran out to his own car, not bothering to tell Stuart what hospital Jude was being taken to. He hadn't been told specifically, but he was listening while he was holding Tommy back from pummeling Stuart Harrison. Personally? He would have let his friend go at it and hell, he would have helped, but it wouldn't have helped Jude, and that was the reality of the situation.
Kwest got into his car, and pulled out his cell phone, and pulled out of the parking lot, willing Sadie to pick up so he could tell her what happened to her sister.