Heart in his throat, Mitch bolted toward the ER from the hospital parking lot. He hadn’t been able to breathe since he got the call that Tess had been in an accident. That had been forty-five minutes ago, and he still knew nothing other than the ambulance had rushed her to the hospital. He’d floored his gas pedal as he raced back from Lawley, sending disjointed prayers up to the Almighty that she just be okay.
He burst through the automatic doors into the ER, practically crashing into the reception desk. “Tess Peyton. Where is she? What’s going on?”
The nurse on duty wasn’t familiar. Her no-nonsense expression didn’t shift as she fixed steely blue eyes on him. “Sir, I’m going to need you to calm down.”
Calm down? How the f**k was he supposed to be calm when he knew nothing, not even whe
