Twenty minutes felt like a damn eternity. At the end of the hallway, someone finally came running with the blood bag.
"Mr. Morton, we've got the plasma!"
Carlos snatched it like it was his last lifeline and rushed to follow the doctor inside.
"Sir, this is an emergency room. We really can't let you-"
Carlos cut him off, his voice steady and firm like never before. "The woman inside means everything to me. I have to be there! I need to be with her through this!"
The doctor hesitated, but seeing the emotion in his eyes-and knowing who he was-he gave a small nod and pushed the door open.
That one sentence, though, hit Debbie like a punch to the gut-completely shattered whatever was left of her sanity.
Her man... saying that the woman who almost ran her over was the one
