“Jack what happened?”
“I was trying to end my life…The fool tried to stop me. Damn you, Owen, damn you!” Jack shouted, tears streaming down her face.
Owen clutched Milly’s hand, gasping and whispering her name.
“Milly…”
“Shh…” She tried to calm him down before she looked at Jack again. “Weren’t you a medic during the war? Can’t you do something? Anything?”
Suddenly Jack’s panicked expression hardened and he nodded curtly, dropping the gun on the floor with a thunk as he suddenly straightened.
thunk“Yes, yes, I can!” He rushed over to his suitcase and pulled out a small medical bag. While he sorted through items, laying them out on the bed, Milly turned her attention back to Owen.
“Milly.” The one name was so soft she barely heard it. He could die. Her husband. How could he do that t
