I breathe out a sigh of relief after the surgery is over.
The woman is going to be fine with some therapy and really good pain medicine.
I lean back in the break room chair, trying to shake off the adrenaline.
"Hey Alex!"
I turn around at the sound of my name to see one of the paramedics who had brought in the woman smiling at me.
"Hey Amanda. What's up?"
She takes a seat across from me, and takes a sip of her Starbucks coffee.
"How'd the surgery go?" she asks.
I grin, "She's going to be fine, just with a scar."
Amanda laughs, "You make it sound so thrilling to have a mark like that."
I shrug, "Well why not? It's something to be-"
"Code Gray. We have a Code GRAY. " The intercom cuts me off and both Amanda and I jump to our feet. We both knew what that code meant.
We both rush to the waiting area nearby and we both freeze in our tracks.
"Now tell me where Alexandra Knight is!" A blonde woman screams as she holds a knife to Julie's throat.
I crouch down, trying not to make any noise and I slip behind the desk. I knew that Julie kept a gun back here. Either that or a really big dagger.
Feeling around underneath the wood, my hand touches something cold and metallic. Aha! Gotcha now!
Pulling the gun out of the holder, I hold it up, and silently count to three before I jump to my feet and over the desk.
Blondie is shocked at my sudden appearance and makes a move to back up, but before she can, the gun in my hand is pointed at her head.
"Leave and don't even think of coming back."
Blondie replies, "Fine."
She saunters - no other word for it- toward the doors, but turns around, "You probably could never shoot that thing at anyone."
I scoff, "Wanna bet?"
She grins and sprints out the door.
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