Chapter Twenty-One
MADDIE
We sit around playing penny slots until my eyes nearly blur over. I can’t stop checking the clock. It’s been over an hour since the fight started, and I’m beginning to panic, though I keep it to myself so I don’t freak Mason and Sophie out. Shouldn’t they have been done fighting by now? I’m two seconds from dialing Tyler’s number when he calls me.
“Maddie,” he says my name, but it sounds strained. There are loud noises and people screaming in the background, and I feel as if I’m suffocating. What the hell is happening?
“I’m taking him to Vegas General Hospital,” he tells me. “Meet me there.”
“Is everything okay?” I ask frantically. Tyler says nothing, and it speaks louder than his words ever could. “Tyler?” I choke out.
“There was an incident, but I’m taking
