~Ayden~
Red lights flashed above me as I stared at the ambulance and the EMTs who were working on Mia. She hadn’t regained consciousness, and every passing second had me fearing the worst. I promised to protect her and the baby. Now I wasn’t sure if either of them would recover.
The weight of my heart kept me frozen beside the golf cart, observing the horrible sight before me. Mia’s cream-colored shirt seeped with crimson at her waist. The longer I stared, the more I struggled to breathe. This could not be happening. It had to be a dream. Yet the shouting in the background pulled me from the scene that was ripping my soul apart.
The sheriff’s car sat a few yards away from where the ambulance parked. Gary and one of his deputies had Izzy cuffed and standing at the back door. They asked h
