Chapter 14.
BRAD.
I opened my eyes to the sounds and bright lights of the hospital. Why was I in a hospital?
“He’s awake.”
Nevaeh was beside the bed, holding my hand and staring at me like she’d never seen me before.
“Hey, beautiful... what happened?”
I couldn’t pull my mind together long enough to put the pieces together.
“You got shot.”
I glanced down to my white sheet-covered body and although I couldn’t see the injury, I could feel it.
The ache in my leg.
“Oh... great. How long have I been out?”
“Only a few hours,” Grayson said from the other side of the bed.
“What happened?” I grabbed Nevaeh’s hand and squeezed, hard.
One of her eyes was swollen shut and I could see she was in a lot of pain.
“Trevor’s dad shot you with an old shotgun. There was shot from the shells lodge
