AUTHOR'S POV
“You set my brother up!” The doctor spat, and Nik's words tumbled over one another. "Jack attacked me from behind and stabbed me. He was supposed to run as soon as I arrived and let me take the child. But he didn't. Instead, he attacked me."
"Shut up!" his cousin exclaimed, his face twisted with rage and grief. "You expect me to believe that?" Nik flinched at the sound of his voice, his heart pounding so hard that it hurt as he winced from the pain caused by the gunshot wound that he desperately tried to compress.
"You went behind my back," his cousin spat, tightening his grip on the gun. "You dragged my brother into your schemes after I told you about his drug addiction. You took advantage of it!"
"I did not! I swear, I wasn't trying to take advantage of his situation! H
