Chapter 14 - Logan POV

I could see on Jack’s face what he was thinking but there was something about this girl that I could not let go of. I needed to see that she was alive; I needed to see her. We were escorted into a waiting room down the corridor, but I knew urgent care was around the corner. After the receptionist had left the room, I walked out and down the corridor straight into urgent care.

A doctor stopped me just inside, but I pushed passed.

“Sir, you can’t be in here.”

“Where is Leah!” I snapped.

There was an alarm that started going off with a flashing light above one of the cubicles right where we were. The doctor rushed to it, and I followed him. I stopped dead at the entrance as he pulled the curtain back. I saw her lying there covered in blood, and it felt like my heart had stopped. A lump formed in my throat. There were nurses and doctors all around her fixing wires and tubes for her. I saw the heartrate monitor crashing.

“Sir, we need to stabilize her.”

“Leah,” a nurse said her name.

I watched as she seemed to focus, and she turned her head towards the nurse.

“Logan.” She whispered.

She managed to say my name! In the middle of all of this she still managed to say my name. I was in disbelief.

“We’re losing her,” one of the nurses said.

They rushed around her with medication while inserting a canula.

“She’s losing too much blood we need to get her to theatre.”

A doctor pressed a call button on the wall, and more nurses rushed in. I was ushered back to the waiting room, where I paced for what felt like hours. Jack tried to get me to sit down but I was too antsy to sit still. I paced and tried calling Amelia until the doctor finally appeared.

“Are you Leah’s family?”

“Logan Carter. How is she?” I nodded.

“She’s in recovery. The stab wound has caused a lot of blood loss. We managed to stem the bleed; she will be coming round the from the anesthetic shortly.”

“How bad was the damage?”

“There were no major organs damaged.”

“So, she’s going to be alright?”

“Yes, she will make a full recovery, but it will be a slow recovery.”

“When can I see her?”

“As soon as she is placed into ICU, I can let you see her. I will come and collect you when she’s awake.”

“Thank you.” I shook his hand.

A wave of relief washed over me. I found myself collapsing into a chair for the first time since stepping into the hospital. My head rested in my hands. I took a deep breath almost like I had not breathed properly since I heard the alarm. There was a knock at the door, and I looked up to see Amelia standing there.

“How is she?”

“She’s out of surgery and in recovery. Did they talk?”

The lawyer in me started to take over.

“Not yet. We’ve kept them separate, but they’ve both asked for a lawyer. Until they arrive you know we can’t talk to them.”

“So, you got nothing out of them?”

“No, as soon as they were taken into interrogation they asked for a lawyer.”

“Do you know who is going to represent them?”

“Logan...” Amelia paused.

“Please.”

“Gideon Davenport has been called in.”

“Are you kidding me!”

Rage fuelled inside me. He was the biggest scumbag lawyer of all of them. He took on all cases involving gangs and prostitutes and was good at spinning a lie to get people off the charges.

“Which ADA got the case?”

“It’s looking like it’s going to fall with Evelyn Ward.”