IVA
I rushed toward Nik so fast my mother’s and Lala’s voices echoed uselessly behind me. “Nik—what happened?” I breathed, already reaching for him, and he held up a hand like he could somehow soften the impact of how he looked.
“I got hit by a block of ice,” he said, trying to laugh it off like it was nothing, even adding that it was his clumsiness. But the more I looked at him, the worse the nausea twisted in my stomach, and tears pricked my eyes before I could stop them.
“It’s okay,” he said before I could say anything else, lifting a bottle of pain medication the doctor must have given him. However, that didn't change anything, not when I suspected what had really happened.
“Come,” I said, guiding him into the elevator before looking over my shoulder to Mom and Lala, who still stoo
