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Chapter 11: More Than the Eyes Can See
I woke up in a pool of blood. My hand immediately rushed to my stomach and I was fine. I looked beside me and I saw Tommy. His white shirt was drenched in blood and he was barely conscious. I reached into my back pocket and I called Chaz hoping that he was waiting in Tommy's car.
"Hello, Jude?" He asked me.
"It's me. Did you come with Tommy?" I asked him impatiently waiting for his answer.
"Yeah, me and Mason are downstairs in the car. Why?" He asked me.
"Jamie, shot him." I said and the tears fell from my eyes.
"JAMIE WHAT?" Chaz yelled.
"I think he was aiming for me but, I'm not sure. I woke up to Tommy lying next to me in a pool of blood." I said in hysterics.
"Calm down. Where exactly are you in the building?" Chaz asked me.
"Second floor at the end of the hall." I said and Chaz immediately hung up the phone.
I got on my knees above Tommy's head and his eyes closed. His heartbeat was so faint that I could barely hear it. I pressed my ear to his heart to listen to the sound and I closed me eyes for a brief second.
"Tommy, please wake-up." I said to him and I kissed his forehead. "Tommy, I'm begging you. You have to wake-up." I said with the tears falling down my face. I heard the door open and Chaz and Mason rushed to my side.
Mason grabbed me and he pulled up to my feet. My knees nearly gave out when he stood me up. After I was stable Mason and Chaz picked up Tommy and they carried him down to the car.
"Jude, take Tommy to the hospital. They keys are in the ignition." Chaz said lying Tommy down in the backseat.
"What about you and Mason?" I asked wiping away the tears from my face.
"We're going to find Jamie." Mason said to me. "We'll be fine. We'll call you when we find him." Mason said and he hugged me and they left.
I got into the drivers seat and I turned the car on. I could barely see the street with the tears pouring from my eyes. Occasionally I would glance in the backseat to make sure that Tommy was breathing and I would turn my eyes back to the road.
I pulled up to the hospital ER and I hopped out of the car and I ran as fast as I could to the backseat to get Tommy out. I got him to open his eyes and he stood up and put his arm around my waist. He was out of it almost completely.
"I need some help over here." I said when I walked into the ER and Dr. Samson met me at the door.
"Jude, what happened?" He asked me.
"Jamie shot him. I think in the heart." I told him barely saying the words in a normal voice.
"I need a gurney over here." Samson yelled and a male and female nurse brought a gurney over to where we were and I laid Tommy down on it. "Get him to Trauma 1 now." He ordered and he waved another nurse over to where I was.
"Yes, Dr. Samson?" The man asked him.
"I need you to take Mrs. Quincy and stitch up her cuts and make sure her baby is all right." He said and he walked into the trauma room where Tommy was.
I followed the nurse down the hall and he motioned me into a room that was directly across from Tommy. He got the stitching kit and he stitched me up. My eyes never left the window of Tommy's room. I knew it was bad, I just didn't know how bad it was.
"How did this happen?" He asked me.
"I got hit with a gun and a fist." I simply stated. My phone rang and I quickly answered it.
"Hello."
"Jude, its Detective Celluci."
"What can I do for you?"
"We had a Mason Fox come into the station and tell us about your stunt with Jamie Andrews."
"Oh that. Look Jessica is at home but, Jamie is out there. He had her."
"I know Mason told me. Where are you now?" He asked.
"In the hospital getting stitches and Tommy got shot." I said and the tears started falling again.
"Do you know how bad?" He asked.
"No I don't. Do you have Jamie in custody?"
"No but, we know where he is at though. This will all be over soon." He said and the line went dead.
"We're done here. Come back in ten days to remove the stitches." He said to me. "I need to give you an ultrasound to make sure your baby is fine."
"Can I find out what is wrong with my husband?" I asked him in between tears.
"Hold on." He left the room shutting the door.
I stood up but, I completely fell apart. I collapsed to my knees crying with my head buried into my hands. I couldn't stop no matter how hard I tried but, I couldn't. I just sat there.