Chapter 18
Vlad
No.
No, no, no.
I talk Mika through giving Alessia a shot of glucagon at the same time I throw on some clothes and run out the door. I stay on the phone with him the whole time, my heart racing faster and faster when he tells me that she hasn’t woken up. Hasn’t responded.
“I’m going to hang up and call an ambulance,” I tell him with a calm I don’t feel. “Then I’ll call you back.”
I hear the wail of a siren as I run into the building. Because I can’t stand to wait even an extra few minutes, I carry her down to the hotel lobby in my arms, her head lolling on my shoulder.
Fuck.
Fuck f**k f**k.
Mika’s eyes are wet and he’s scared. “She said she would check her blood sugar later. And then she fell asleep. I’m sorry, Vlad. I should’ve woken her up.”
“No. It’s not your f
