Lily “I swear to God, Mom, if you don’t take me to Maverick first, I will never speak to you again.” “What’s wrong?” Hatch asked from the doorway. Hatch was in his fifties with long salt-and-pepper hair and an epic beard, and to say he was gorgeous was an understatement. He’d pulled his hair back into a man bun, and he rocked the look. “My daughter’s being stubborn,” Mom said. “She’s in pain, so we need to get her to the hospital, but she’s insisting on going to Emmanuel.” I grimaced as pain shot through my stomach again. Hatch didn’t waste any time as he gently lifted me then carried me upstairs and out to his truck. “I’m gonna get you to Maverick, Lil. I’m gonna defer to you on the pain side of things because you’re a nurse and you know what you can take, but you don’t lie to me if

