“I can’t do anything here,” Carrie said. She said it with the kindest tone she could. “I’m sorry, Alex. I know you didn’t want this to hit the news, but if we don’t get him to the operating room, he might not make it.”
“Damn it,” McCready growled. “Call the ambulance.”
Buckner, who had been standing around looking worried, called.
“You should have taken him straight there!” Kate snapped, pointing a finger accusingly at McCready. “You didn’t want this in the news? What the hell kind of excuse is that?”
“Kate,” she heard from her side. She whirled and saw that Jesse was looking at her, his head twisted at such a bad angle that she wondered if his neck wasn’t broken, too.
“Jesse!” she said, running to his side.
“Don’t blame him,” Jesse told her with a smile. There was blood in h
