Abandoned

Chapter 46

I heard footsteps approaching us. Milo got out of my hold and turned around abruptly.

It was only Will.

He approached us with a pissed-off look on his face.

"Did you find the fucker?" Ryan asked as he stood up.

Will sighed and pulled Ryan into a hug. He tightened his arms around him and kissed his temple.

"We did." Will said, making me breathe out in relief. "Your family hired him to kill her. They didn’t want her to testify."

"Fuck!" Zack exclaimed loudly.

I looked at him. He and Zack were sitting opposite us. Blake wiped the tears from his cheeks. Zack stood up and started pacing around. He had a pissed-off look on his face.

"I am going to kill them." Ryan screamed and tried to get out of Will’s arms.

Will tightened his arms around Ryan and pressed him closer to him.

"It’s okay, my love." Will mumbled. "Everything will be okay. They will go to jail. You will never have to see them again."

Ryan sobbed and hugged Will.

"They shot her, Will." Ryan cried out. "They shot my baby."

Will’s eyes filled with tears.

"I know, love." Will mumbled. "She will be okay. She is a strong girl."

I looked back at my brother and saw that he was already looking at me.

"I love you, Max." Milo said, making me furrow my eyebrows at him. "I’ve never said it, but I love you. You are my brother. You are my best friend. I love you."

Why was he telling me that?

"I love you too, Milo." I said. "But why are you telling me this now?"

"I just realized how uncertain everything is." he sobbed quietly. "I could lose you in a second. I could die. Maddie could…"

I pulled him into my arms and he sobbed.

"Maddie is not going to die." I said, tightening my arms around him. "Nothing is going to happen to you, and you are not going to lose me, Milo."

I would fucking lose it if something happened to him. He was my best friend. He was my rock.

"I just wanted you to know that I love you." he sobbed.

"I love you too, Miles." I said, trying to swallow the lump in my throat.

I looked up and saw Sam approaching.

I gasped and stood up abruptly, pulling Milo with me.

"Where is she?!" I shouted, making everyone look at Sam. "Is she okay? I want to see her. I need to see her."

I approached Sam and grabbed his shoulders.

His eyes were filled with tears. He looked tired.

"Where is she, Sam?!" Milo exclaimed.

Sam looked around. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Why wasn’t he answering me? Why did he look so fucking broken?

"Where is she, Samuel?" I asked, tightening my hold on his shoulders.

He opened his eyes and looked at me.

The broken look in his eyes made my stomach turn violently.

If she died...

"We had to put her in an induced coma." Sam said quietly. "The injury was too severe. We had to do it so she would heal."

My heart stopped beating. Milo sobbed loudly. I heard multiple loud curses all around me.

"For how long?" I asked, my voice trembling.

"We don’t know." Sam said. "We will try to wake her up in a week and see how it goes."

A week? A whole fucking week without her?!

"Let me see her." Milo sobbed loudly. "Please let me see her."

Sam looked behind me and nodded.

"You and Max can go inside." Sam said. "Just be careful with the wires, okay?"

"What about me?" Ryan exclaimed loudly. "I want to see her!"

Sam looked at him. "You will. We need to deal with something first."

I moved my hands from Sam’s shoulders and turned around to look at Milo. He rushed toward me immediately. I opened my arms, and he hugged me tightly.

"She is alive, Milo." I mumbled. "She will get through this. She just needs some sleep to get better."

She had to get out of this. She had to wake up.

I had no fucking idea what I would do if she didn’t.