“Is… um… is he alive?”
She nods, her fingers brushing my knuckles. “He’s been in surgery and he’s out now.” She runs a hand through her hair, a little frazzled. “The cops are swarming his room like they can get something from him even unconscious. They’re taking this case seriously, though. I mean… it’s not every day they rescue a son and his girlfriend from his own father.”
I bob my head in silence. Yeah… it’s not every day.
I’m not exactly happy he’s alive. But I’m also glad I didn’t kill him. I don’t want that on my soul. That would have been his victory.
“I called Justin and Allie with a nurse’s phone,” Katy says. “I told them everything, and… be rest assured, they freaked out.”
I chuckle. “Justin must regret ever giving me his blessing.”
“He said something along those lines,” sh
